The other day, outside a mall in Jerusalem, I spotted a plant with fine-textured, weepy foliage and thought it must be some kind of bamboo. It turned out not to be a true bamboo, but is commonly ...

Worldwide, there are approximately 1,500 bamboo species found from tropical regions to the snowline of the Andes. Bamboos (subfamily Bambusoideae) are among the broad-leaved grasses (Poaceae) ...

MANILA, Philippines — The strength and structure of three commercially important bamboo species in the Philippines vary greatly by location, a study conducted by a team from the University of the ...

Gardeners can spend a lifetime studying the flowering habits of this common plant and still do not know it all.

Bamboo is not only an ecologically and economically significant plant but also a fascinating model for studying genetic diversity and propagation techniques. Recent advances in genomic technologies ...