Shoot production of Machiku Bamboo (Dendrocalamus latiflorus) as affected by different management practices

Abstract

The study was conducted along the Tabungao Farmers Irrigation Sytem machiku Bamboo plantation of Cagayan State University- Gonzaga Campus, Philippines from May until December 2022. The study sought to determine the shoot production of machiku Bamboo (Dendrocalamus latiflorus) as affected by different management practices. It aimed to determine the following parameters: average number of culms per clump; average number of days from treatment application to the first day of bearing shoot in each treatment; average number of shoots per clump; average length (inch) of shoots; and average weight of shoot (kg) four weeks after emergence. The study was conducted in a single factor experiment under Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). There were four (4) treatments replicated three (3) times. T1- motolite technology (control), T2- pruning of clumps and culms, T3- pruning of clumps and culms + fertilizing and T4- pruning of clumps and culms + fertilizing + watering + mulching. To do it, 48 clumps of bamboo with three (3) blocks were applied with different management practices. In each block there were 16 bamboo clumps planted. The growth and survival of shoots were observed for a period of 8 months. All parameters determined were significantly observed in T4. It is concluded and recommended that pruning of clumps and culms, watering, fertilizing and mulching was the best management practice in Bamboo shoot production although any of the treatments can still be used because they still produced Bamboo shoots.