Nutritional values of some commercial edible bamboo species of the North Eastern Himalayan region, India

Journal of Bamboo and Rattan

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-124

  Bhatt, B P ^a   Singh, K ^a   Singh, Alka ^a  

^a ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR NEH REGION   (India)

Author keywords

India; Macronutrients; Micronutrients; Nutritional values; Young bamboo shoot

Indexed keywords

BAMBUSA; BAMBUSA BALCOOA; BAMBUSA TULDA; DENDROCALAMUS; DENDROCALAMUS GIGANTEUS; DENDROCALAMUS HAMILTONII; MELOCANNA BACCIFERA; PHYLLOSTACHYS BAMBUSOIDES;

EID: 22844452708     PISSN: 15691586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1569159054699317     Document Type: Article

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