Le Quang Lien, Nguyen Danh Minh
Cau Hai Silvicultural Experimentation Research Centre
I. Introduction
There are in the world 1,250 bamboo species of 75 different genera. They are distributed in almost all climatic regions (tropical, temperate sub – tropical) from sea level elevation to 4,000m above sea level such as on the side of Hymalaya mountain range. A large part of important bamboo species is distributed in wide areas in the Asian countries. Bamboos have many uses in the people’s life and they are closely linked with the Vietnamese peasants. According to the Indochinese flora (By Lecomte), there are in Vietnam 61 different bamboo species. According to documents from surveys by Phan Ke Loc, Vu Van Dung (1976), there are in North Vietnam alone 45 bamboo species of 15 genera. The mid – region of North Vietnam with tropical monsoon climate is the very cradle of bamboo species. In the regions of the Lo, Gam and Chay rivers alone, there are already 33 bamboo species belonging to 6 genera (The Committee on North Vietnam Flora, Forestry Directorate – 1974).
In Vietnam, research on bamboos began in early 1960s. From 1986 now, bamboos have been planted on large scale to meet the requirements of constructional material, paper raw material, bamboos articles for export. Besides useful bamboo culms, bamboo shoots serve as a sort of foodstuff, a clean, delicious and valuable vegetable on home market and for export. In 1995, some regions did plant bamboos for bamboo shoots production but most of the species planted are of Taiwan, China origin. Vietnam also has many bamboo species the shoots of which can serve as a delicious foodstuff and the planting of these species for bamboo shoots production is a practical demand. Therefore, the Cau Hai Silvicultural Experimentation Research Centre has conducted the research subject: Research on bamboo planting technique for bamboo shoots production.
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- Project: Study on integrated management of insect pests and diseases on Docynia indica in northern Vietnam
- Project: Study on integrated pest management of major leaf insect pests and stem borer beetles in Acacia hybrid, A. mangium and A. auriculiformis in Vietnam
- Project: Research and develop an integrated management program for control of cinnamon pests in some main cinnamon growing areas (Northern mountainous region and Quang Nam province)
- Project: Pilot plantation and completion of planting techniques of technologically advanced germplasm of Acacia auriculiformis (AA42, AA53, AA56, AA92, AA95) for sawlog in the southeast and south central.
- Project "Research on selection of varieties and intensive afforestation techniques of Prunus arborea (Blume) Kalkman for providing lager timber in the Northeast and Northwest regions, Vietnam"
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- Research on planting of Anisoptera cochinchinensis for veneer raw material supply
- results of forest tree gene resources conservation-period 1996-2000
- Research on possible use of a number of Streptomyces strains for the control of Damping - off disease of Pinus merkusii caused by Fusarium oxysporum
- Characteristics of soil for Pinus merkusii forest plantation and effect of the latter on forest soil fertility (1980 - 1984)
- Review of existing experience and research on new models of agroforestry for each region (1981 - 1985)
