Final report bamboo revisionary - Kerala Forest Research Institute
Final report bamboo revisionary - Kerala Forest Research Institute
Final report bamboo revisionary - Kerala Forest Research Institute
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K F R I<br />
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />
The author wishes to acknowledge Dr. J. K. Sharma, Dr. R. Gnanaharan, former Directors and<br />
Dr. K. V. Sankaran, present Director, <strong>Kerala</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Institute</strong>, Peechi and <strong>Research</strong> Co<br />
ordinator, Dr. K. Swarupanandan for their keen interest, encouragement and for the facilities.<br />
I wish to thank the Directors and Curators of different major Indian herberia, like, Central<br />
National Herbarium Calcutta (CAL); <strong>Forest</strong> <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> herbarium, Dehra Dun (DD); BSI<br />
Southern circle Coimbatore (MH); Andaman & Nicobar circle Port Blair (PBL); BSI Western<br />
circle Pune (BSI), Sikkim Himalayan circle, Gangtok (BHC); Northern circle, Dehra Dun (BSD);<br />
Calicut University (CALI) and <strong>Kerala</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> Herbarium (KFRI) for permitting<br />
me to study and critically examine all the required herbarium specimens deposited in the<br />
respective herbaria. I express my sincere thanks and gratitude to Mr. K. Sasidharan Nair, IFS,<br />
PCCF, <strong>Kerala</strong>; Mr. G. P. Shukla, IFS, PCCF, Andaman & Nicobar Circle; Mr. C. Amhaluna Laha, IFS,<br />
CF, Andaman & Nicobar, Mr. R. S. C. Jayaraj, IFS, Silviculture Division, Andaman & Nicobar<br />
Circle, for all the help rendered and for the permission and organisation of our field trip during<br />
the stay at Andamans. Thanks are also due to Mr. Dileep D' souza and Mr. Ajayakumar, Range<br />
Officers, who had taken lot of pains for accompanying us during the field trips and for their<br />
help in the field. Sincere thanks are due to Dr. J. F. Veldkamp. National Herbarium Nederland,<br />
Universiteit Leiden branch, for providing his expert comments and clarification with regards<br />
to certain <strong>bamboo</strong> species during the study. The help rendered by the Directors and Curators<br />
of different International herbaria like Kew (K), Paris (P), Edinburgh (E) and Bogor (BO) for<br />
providing the Cibachrome sheets received from them is also gratefully acknowledged. I am<br />
thankful to the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi, for the<br />
financial support to conduct this study. The hard work done by the Dr. M. Remesh, <strong>Research</strong><br />
Fellow, during the study is highly appreciable. The help rendered by Mr. T. R Viswakumar,<br />
during the field trip at the Andamans and for helping in various ways during the preparation of<br />
this manuscript is gratefully acknowledged. The author also wishes to thank Dr. K. K. N. Nair,<br />
Dr. N. Sasidharan, and Dr. C. Renuka for their critical and valuable comments for the<br />
improvement of the manuscript.<br />
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