Phung Cam Thach, Hoang Chuong,
Nguyen Boi Quynh, Tran Van Hai
South Branch of Forest Science Institute
I. Introduction
Sinocalamus Aff Latiflorus McClure (vernacular Tre tau) is extensively cultivated in the South Vietnam, especially in its Eastern provinces. Planted in home gardens, the bam boo has become a valuable asset of local farmers, because of its very rapid growth to mature sizes for soil conservation, water regime regulation, bamboo shoot production for domestic and foreign markets, raw materials supply to the paper, the construction, wood based panels, tooth picks, chopsticks, mato and many other utility furniture… industries. Even its leaves can be harvested for exports.
Parallel with the above, is a growing need for more and more planting material of the bamboo, which cannot be satisfied by the traditional methods of propagation. Because of this, a project the objectives of which have been to find out quicker and more reliable methods of vegetative multiplication in particular of Sinocalamus was shaped out in April 1997.
After some years of intensive research, the propagation of the bamboo through cuttings has yielded good success, but the same by tissue culture has just come by up to its early stages only.
Latest news
- Project: Research on selection and breeding of Acacia hybrid and Acacia auriculiformis for timber plantation in main ecological regions
- National seed orchard of Pinus merkusii
- National seed orchard of Acacia auriculiformis
- National seed orchard of Acacia mangium
- National seed orchard of Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Oldest news
- Preliminary results of hybridization of some eucalypt species
- Research on the selection, breeding and propagation of main forest tree species used in plantations
- research on formulation of scientific and technological basis for supplying improved planting materials of forest trees
- Breeding of Camellia oleosa having high yield for Lang Son area (1987 - 1990)
- Propagation of Eucalyptus hybrids (E. exserta x E. tereticornis) by tissue culture
