Multilocational field trials for selected bamboo species
Multilocational field trials for selected bamboo species
Multilocational field trials for selected bamboo species
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />
We are indebted to Dr. K. V. Sankaran, Director; Dr. J. K. Sharma and Dr. R.<br />
Gnanaharan, <strong>for</strong>mer Directors <strong>for</strong> their continuous support and encouragement<br />
<strong>for</strong> the implementation of the project.<br />
We are extremely thankful to the National Mission on Bamboo Applications<br />
(NMBA) <strong>for</strong> the financial support and to Shri. Sudheer Panday, IFS (rtd.), Dr. K<br />
Haridasan consultants NMBA and Dr. Salil K. Tewari, National Co-ordinator of<br />
the project <strong>for</strong> their guidance and help throughout the project period.<br />
The editorial comments received on the draft report from Dr. George Mathew,<br />
Dr. K.V. Bhat and Dr E.M. Muralidharan, Kerala Forest Research Institute have<br />
helped to improve the presentation of the report and we are extremely grateful to<br />
them.<br />
This acknowledgement will be incomplete if we do not express our sincere<br />
thanks <strong>for</strong> the help rendered by C. M. Jijeesh, K. J. Solomon, C. S. Sabeena, Smija<br />
Suresh, T. J. Roby, C.J. John, K. Rajan, A. Rajappan, M.S. Santhoshkumar, P.O.<br />
Jibi, P. Hema and Sreedevi Madhusudanan <strong>for</strong> their whole-hearted commitment,<br />
sincerity, enthusiasm and team work which resulted in successful<br />
implementation of the project.