ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region A.P. Centre, Basar-791 101 (Arunachal Pradesh).
* Part of the work carried out under the Research Project on Under Utilized and Under Exploited Plants-Bamboos at Basar.
Results of survey, collection and live-amseroation of bamboo gennplasm between 1984–90 at ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, AP Centre, Basar under the All India Coordinated Research Project on Under-Utilized and Under-Exploited plants are discussed. North-East India is the home of diversity of bamboo germplasm and accounts for half of the total species variability in the country. Sixty three species were reported tooccurin this region. Thirty species have established well in the live-llections out of 8 genera viz. Bambusa (12 species), Dendrocalamus (6 species), Cephalostachyum (3 species) Arondinaria (2 species), Phyllostachys (2 species), Pseudostachyum (1 species) and Teinostachum (1 species). Their prevalence, local name(s), habitat frequency and preliminary categorization for general vigour or utility class is discussed. The live collections of bamboos could be broadly classified into tall and sturdy (14 species), medium tall (3 species), medium short highly prolific (5 species), wild but cultivable (2 species) and wild types (6 species). Nine species were reported for food from young sprouts, 5 were suggested useful for live fencing of jhum (shifting cultivation) fields, 9 were used for pulping and 18 could be used for light timber. Status of live collections as in June 1990 is documented.
