The anatomical structure of the internodes of bamboo culms has been intensively investigated, structural details of the nodes are hardly analyzed so far. The nodes bear special significance for the intercalary growth, the cross transport of water and nutrients in the living culm, for the liquid movement during drying and preservation as well as for the physical and mechanical properties [...]
Forestry practices which aim at provides goods and benefit to a nearby society are usually referred to as Social forestry. In India, forests have always played an important role in bettering the lives of the local population. Bamboo is one of the most important multipurpose species and therefore, it is being introduced in a large scale under various programmes of [...]
Structural research on bamboo can contribute to a better understanding of how its properties will behave under given conditions. Such knowledge is, essential for optimizing the current uses as well as for innovating new uses of bamboo. The research needs concern broad areas such as culm properties, durability and preservation, processing technologies and product development, to all of which anatomists [...]