Table 11.
Biomass and carbon storage in different above ground components in different bamboo species after 7 years of plantation.
| Species | Culm (Mg ha−1) |
Branch (Mg ha−1) |
Foliage (Mg ha−1) |
Total biomass (Mg ha−1) |
Mean annual biomass (Mg ha−1 year−1) |
Above ground carbon storage (Mg ha−1) |
Mean carbon storage (Mg ha−1 year−1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. balcooa | 171.6 | 23.0 | 18.0 | 212.6 | 30.37 | 104.2 | 14.88 |
| B. bambos | 70.9 | 15.5 | 2.9 | 89.2 | 12.75 | 43.9 | 6.27 |
| B. nutans | 160.3 | 30.0 | 18.9 | 209.2 | 29.89 | 102.2 | 14.60 |
| B. vulgaris | 174.4 | 15.7 | 18.4 | 208.4 | 29.77 | 102.3 | 14.61 |
| D. hamiltonii | 93.4 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 115.5 | 16.49 | 56.5 | 8.07 |
| D. strictus | 72.5 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 90.7 | 12.96 | 44.4 | 6.34 |
| D. stocksii | 64.6 | 14.8 | 3.6 | 83.1 | 11.87 | 40.8 | 5.83 |