Incidence of flowering, death and phenology of development in the giant bamboo (dendrocalamm giganteus wall, ex munro)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 779-785

  Ramanayake, S M S D ^a   Yakandawala, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Dendrocalamus giganteus; Flowering cycle; Giant bamboo; Inflorescence culture; Mast seeding; Phenology

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FLOWERING; MORTALITY; PHENOLOGY;

SRI LANKA;

DENDROCALAMUS GIGANTEUS;

EID: 0032445438     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0754     Document Type: Article

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