{"id":56897,"date":"2025-07-26T14:54:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T09:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=56897"},"modified":"2025-07-26T15:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T10:10:00","slug":"bambusatulda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bambusatulda\/","title":{"rendered":"Bambusatulda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bambusa Tulda Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) have fused bambooBambusatulda with biodegradable polymers to develop a composite material as a suitable replacement for conventional plastics.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bambusa Tulda<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is commonly known <\/span><b>as Bengal Bamboo or Indian Timber Bamboo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Local names:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> JatiBahn (Assam), mritinga (Tripura), spineless Indian bamboo.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Bambusa Tulda<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>fast growing medium-sized tropical clumping bamboo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has short <\/span><b>pachymorph rhizomes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which mean that it grows in densely tufted clumps.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is considered to be one of the most valuable multipurpose bamboo species, which usually grows up to a height of 20 m with culm diameters between 5-10 cm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It requires <\/span><b>loamy and alluvial soils, fertile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and well drained for its growth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Propagation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be propagated by seed, rhizome cuttings, culm cuttings and by tissue culture.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is native to the <\/span><b>Indian subcontinent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Indochina, Tibet, and Yunnan.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is grown <\/span><b>across India\u2019s northeast<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, has potential applications in furniture, electronics, and packaging industries too, the researchers said.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Uses of Bambusa Tulda<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India it is used <\/span><b>extensively by the paper pulp industry<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but due to its nearly solid culms it is also an excellent and strong timber that can be used in construction and scaffolding.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>shoots of Bambusatulda are edible<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but taste slightly bitter and are therefore often pickled. Fermented shoots are rich in phytosterols and can be used for the production of sterol drugs to lower cholesterol levels.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><b>agroforestry, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bambusatulda is often <\/span><b>planted as a wind-break<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> around farms and fields.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/iit-guwahati-team-gives-bamboo-an-automobile-ready-touch\/article69849835.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bambusa tulda, commonly known as Bengal Bamboo or Indian Timber Bamboo, is a fast-growing tropical bamboo species widely used in construction and paper industries. 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