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Apart from economic reasons related to non-availability of bamboo for several years after gregarious flowering and famine resulting from exhausted food crops and stored food by an increased population of rodents, the phenomenon of gregarious flowering in bamboo is a highly debated ecological event starting from the possible theories of evolution of semelpary to response of seed predators to sudden availability of huge quantities of seed. The gregarious flowering of bamboo has fascinated the plant evolutionary ecologists as to causo-mechanisms of the phenomenon, the reasons for variable inter mast periods, reasons for parental death, advantages and disadvantages of masting, and animal ecologists regarding vertebrate response to masting, community dynamics of seed predators during and after masting, eruption of rodent populations and rodent borne diseases consequent to bamboo masting. The literature available is either enormous as in mast seeding or scanty about the inter-mast periods. No clear picture has emerged on any of the above aspects due to factors like variety of flowering in several species, inadequate historical documentation and insufficient time in the life of a scientist to verify the findings. Study of flowering mechanisms and ecological interactions require many decades of planned observation at permanent location by interdisciplinary working groups of plant evolutionary ecologists, animal population ecologists, community ecologists and modelers. In the absence of such an effort at present, this book is an attempt to explain the different theories put forward by specialists on some of the aspects of gregarious flowering of bamboos and community response to it especially those of vertebrates (birds and rodents). It is the first ever attempt of consolidating plant ecology and animal response, both of which affect drastically the livelihood of people depending on bambooContentsCHAPTER - 1 BAMBOO, THE WONDER GRASS" Introduction" Classification, Species Diversity and Distribution in India" Types of Bamboo and Bamboo Growth" Uses of Bamboo" Medicinal Properties" ConclusionsCHAPTER - 2 GREGARIOUS FLOWERING OF BAMBOO" Introduction" Evolution of Mast seeding Semelpary" Distribution of Masting Bamboos" Mechanism of Floral Induction" Reproductive Biology of Bamboos" Pollination in Bamboos" Inter-mast Periods" Reasons for Parental Death" ConclusionsCHAPTER 3 MECHANISMS OF SEED MASTING" Introduction" Evolutionary Ecology of Masting" Advantages and Disadvantages of Masting" Mechanisms of Seed Masting" ConclusionsCHAPTER 4 VERTEBRATE PREDATORS OF MAST SEEDS" Introduction" Vertebrate Predators of Masting (a) Birds (b) Mammals (c) Other Vertebrates" Vertebrate Response to Masting" ConclusionsCHAPTER 5 SEED MASTING AND COMMUNITY DYNAMICS OF TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES" Introduction" Community Response to Masting" ConclusionsCHAPTER 6 RODENT RESPONSE TO BAMBOO FLOWERING AND SEED MASTING" Introduction" Bamboo Flowering and Rodent Outbreaks" Masting of Trees other than Bamboo and Rodent Outbreaks" Seed Dispersal and Scatter Hoarding" Effects of Rodents on Tree Regeneration" ConclusionsCHAPTER 7 ECOLOGICAL DISTURBANCES AND RODENT BORNE DISEASES" Introduction" Rodents in Natural Disasters and Diseases" Factors Influencing Rodent Outbreaks" Management of Field Rodents during Rodent Outbreaks" Rodent Control during Population Outbreaks" ConclusionsCHAPTER 8 SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF GREGARIOUS FLOWERING OF BAMBOO IN NORTH-EAST INDIA" Introduction" Gregarious Flowering of Bamboo in North East India" Rodents of North East India" Rodent Outbreaks and Famine-A Historical Perspective" Action initiated to Mitigate problems of Bamboo Flowering of 2005-2007" Current Status of Rodent problem in North East Hill states" Action for Rodent Control-Present and Future" ConclusionsREFERENCESAUTHOR INDEXSUBJECT INDEX
This book entitled "Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Bamboos" provides a comprehensive overview on the economically and ecologically important non-timber plant group bamboo. The book focuses on the most recent advances in bamboo research in diverse fields including botany, genetic resources, traditional and molecular breeding, disease and pest resistance, tissue culture and genetic transformation and genomics perspective. The different chapters are authored by internationally reputed experts on this plant and is a good source of information for students, scientists, farmers, and bamboo resource management advisers on this plant, which is gaining increase importance on international commerce.
Bamboo occupies an unparalleled position in the plant kingdom in terms of its distribution, diversity and uses in the tropics and subtropics. In addition to featuring prominently in the lives of rural communities, particularly in Asia, it continues to find new applications in such wide ranging areas as paper and rayon manufacture; construction; architecture; engineering; handicrafts; food and medicine. Within Asia, India is second only to China in terms of the quantities and varieties of bamboo species found in the country. However, as in many other countries, information on this subject is generally inadequate and inaccessible. Contradictory reports on various aspects of bamboos, especially relating to taxonomic and phytogeographic observations, further add to the confusion regarding classification. There is thus an urgent need for a review of the current literature and a compilation of information on the various species of bamboo, including their synonyms. This compilation by K.K. Seethalakshmi and M.S. Muktesh Kumar, scientists specializing in plant physiology and taxonomy respectively at the Kerala Forest Research Institute, seeks to fulfil this need. Based primarily on a literature survey, it provides a comprehensive and holistic account of 128 bamboo species belonging to 18 genera occurring in India. By synthesizing and consolidating the work done so far on each of the covered species, it is expected to illuminate current information gaps and to provide a solid foundation for further work in this area.
Bamboo occupies an unparalleled position in the plant kingdom in terms of its distribution, diversity and uses in the tropics and subtropics. In addition to featuring prominently in the lives of rural communities, particularly in Asia, it continues to find new applications in such wide ranging areas as paper and rayon manufacture; construction; architecture; engineering; handicrafts; food and medicine. Within Asia, India is second only to China in terms of the quantities and varieties of bamboo species found in the country. However, as in many other countries, information on this subject is generally inadequate and inaccessible. Contradictory reports on various aspects of bamboos, especially relating to taxonomic and phytogeographic observations, further add to the confusion regarding classification. There is thus an urgent need for a review of the current literature and a compilation of information on the various species of bamboo, including their synonyms. This compilation by K.K. Seethalakshmi and M.S. Muktesh Kumar, scientists specializing in plant physiology and taxonomy respectively at the Kerala Forest Research Institute, seeks to fulfil this need. Based primarily on a literature survey, it provides a comprehensive and holistic account of 128 bamboo species belonging to 18 genera occurring in India. By synthesizing and consolidating the work done so far on each of the covered species, it is expected to illuminate current information gaps and to provide a solid foundation for further work in this area.
The importance of Bamboo to rural community can hardly be over stressed since it is a versatile, multipurpose, forest species which contributes valuably towards the human economy providing a variety of goods. Even in today's world of plastic and steel this fastest growing species has not only maintained its place as a contributor of daily needs but also attained significance as an industrial raw material. There are about 75 genera and 1250 species of bamboos, each of them having widely differing characteristics and uses, such as construction material, raw material for paper pulp and rayon, traditional cottage handicrafts and food, etc. Need has been felt for the dissemination of available technology and related
This book presents the state-of-the-art knowledge on bamboo. It starts with an introduction to the plant’s biology, its taxonomy, habitat, morphology and growth. The cultivation of bamboo is discussed in terms of silviculture, pests and diseases, and harvesting techniques. The book is completed by a comprehensive presentation of the properties of bamboo, its utilization and its preservation. Bamboo is the fastest-growing and most versatile plant on Earth. For centuries it has played an indispensible part in the daily life of millions of people in tropical countries. In recent decades it has gained increasing importance as a substitute for timber. The book was developed as a reference text for scientists, professionals, and graduate students with a strong interest in this unique plant.
It is the first ever attempt of consolidating plant ecology and animal response, both of which affect drastically the livelihood of people depending on bamboo. We sincerely hope that the book serves as a beginer s guide to understand the subject and pave way for much detailed investigations. This book is a synthesis of many established facts, theories and hypotheses of plant and animal ecology with which lives of bamboo dependent human population is intricately interwoven.