A Half-yearly Peer Reviewed Journal of Bangladesh Forest Research Institute
Ground-layering and air-layering trials were carried out on bariala (Bambusa vulgaris) and muli bansh (Melocanna baccifera)during April and May, 1982. All the treated branches of B. vulgaris produced successful propagules in the air-layering experiment. The ground-layer in a of twelve culms (2 years old) of the same species also produced 23 rooted and rhizomed propagules. Initiation rooting and rhizome appeared only in the branches of mid-culm zone in both of the layering experiments, M. baccifera did not respond to any of the layering methods.
Growth and development of each of the propagules of B. vulgaris planted in the field are being recorded to determine the time required for attaining the marchantable culm size.