Commercial edible bamboo species and their market potentiality in three Indian tribal states of the North Eastern Himalayan Region

Journal of Bamboo and Rattan

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-133

  Bhatt, B P ^a   Singha, L B ^a   Singh, K ^a   Sachan, M S ^a  

^a ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR NEH REGION   (India)

Author keywords

Commercial; Dendrocalamus hamiltonii; Edible bamboo; India; Melocanna baccifera; Young shoot

Indexed keywords

BAMBUSA; CHIMONOBAMBUSA; DENDROCALAMUS; DENDROCALAMUS HAMILTONII; MELOCANNA BACCIFERA;

EID: 0141750556     PISSN: 15691586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156915903322320748     Document Type: Article

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