A Manual of Bamboo Hybridization

Contents:

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART ONE -- HYBRIDIZATION OF BAMBOOS

Biological characteristics of flowering and fruiting

Forecasting flowering

Flower structure and flowering

Pollen characteristics

Seed setting

Causes of flowering

Hybridization techniques

Selection of hybridizing parents

Transplanting breeding stock and establishment of a parent collection

Season of hybridization

Regulation of flowering period

Testing pollen viability

Emasculation

Selection of flowers

Pollination

Post-pollination management

Seed collection and nursery management

Cross-compatibility of parents

Appraisal and selection of hybrids

Selection of culm-use bamboos

Early selection of culm-use hybrids

Selection of elite hybrids for shoots

Appraisal of bamboo shoot species

Selection of hybrids

Cytology of parents and hybrids

Method of counting chromosomes

PART TWO -- RAPID PROPAGATION OF ELITE HYBRIDS

Nodal cuttings of seedlings

Propagation by secondary branch cuttings

Propagation method with secondary branch cuttings

Main factors influencing success of secondary branch cuttings

Secondary branch-propagule production nursery

Propagation by whole culm-cuttings

Propagation by culm divisions

Rapid multiplication by tissue culture

Embryo culture

Stem culture

Other techniques relevant to both embryo and shoot culture

Use of tissue culture techniques in the early selection of seedling hybrids

PART THREE -- INDUCTION OF FLOWERING

Forcing bamboos to flower

In vitro flowering

PART FOUR -- THE PROSPECTS FOR BAMBOO BREEDING

Bibliography

2002; x pages
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