R&D Activities

Research and Development Management Information System

Research Highlights 2004

• Bamboo plantation development project in La Union
  
• Bamboo species for revegetation of mine tailings pond no. 1 of the Philex Mining Corporation (PMC) in Pacdal, Tuba, Benguet.
  

Research Highlights 2003

• Glue-laminated bamboo and bamboo-wood combination
  
• Tissue culture of commercial rattan species
  
• Chemical removal of cutin from bamboo twigs and branches
  
• Growth performance of bontong (Dendroclamus sp.) wildlings
  
• Rejuvenating old kauayan tinik clumps
  

Research Highlights 2002

• Bamboo species for rehabilitation of mine tailings dam of the Philex Mining Corporation in Benguet, Cordillera Region

• Development of the kawayan tile maker (KTM) machine

• One-node culm cutting propagation of giant bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper) using intermittent mist clonal propagator

• Pests and diseases of some exotic and endemic bamboo species in the Cordillera Region

See also R&D Status and Directions (Appendix 3)