Hello, This might be natural death, i don't think there is any infectious disease. This is what I think. May be you aware with monocarpic term in plants like Bamboo.
In many bamboos flowering often commences at the beginning of the "dormant" season - be that the dry season or the cool season - and is followed by seed drop a few months later, and sometimes death thereafter. If a whole plant flowers, then flowering may encompass the entire plant, including the rhizomes, which can produce new flowering culms. Bamboos do not necessarily die after flowering, but death is much more likely if set seed is heavy. In fact, only the parts that flower will die, and so if only one culm flowers, only that culm will die. If all the culms flower, the whole plant will die. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Resurfacing again for ID > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Arun Prabhu <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:52 PM > Subject: [efloraofindia:59843] ID help needed > To: [email protected] > > > Hi everyone! > > > > While driving from Thirthahalli to Shimoga ( Karnataka) through NH-13 on 06 > Jan 2011, I observed these rotting Bamboo trees. Someone remarked this > is an infectious disease that comes once every 40-50 years and > destroys a whole lot of bamboo crops. > > Will you be able to enlighten me on this aspect. > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > > Arun Prabhu > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > -- Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, Research Student, Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
