Table. 3.

Carbon sequestration of major bamboo species

Sl. No. Bamboo species Regions Carbon sequestration References
Above-ground parts (culms, branches, leaves) Below-ground parts
1 5-year-old Bambusa vulgaris Bangladesh forest 50.4 t/ha 24.7 t/ha Sohel et al. 2015
2 Bambusa vulgaris Ghana forest 115.0 t/ha Amoah et al. 2020
3 Bambusa vulgaris var. vitata Ghana forest 71.0 t/ha Amoah et al. 2020
4 7-year-old Bambusa vulgaris Terai region of Uttarakhand forest 57.8 t/ha Tariyal et al. 2013
5 5-year-old Bambusa balcooa Terai region of Uttarakhand forest 99.8 t/ha Tariyal et al. 2013
6 4-year-old Bambusa nutans Terai region of Uttarakhand forest 86.9 t/ha Tariyal et al. 2013
7 Bambusa tulda Northeast India 27.8 mg/ha/year Devi and Singh 2021
8 Bambusa pallida Indian forest 13.0 mg/ha/year Singh and Kochhar 2005
9 Bambusa oldhami Mexican forest 6.0 mg/ha/year Castañeda-Mendoza et al. 2005
10 Bambusa vulgaris Cameroon forest 29.7 t/ha Nfornkah et al. 2021
11 Bambusa tulda Mizoram forest 19.5 mg/ha Vanlalfakawma 2014
12 Bambusa arudinacea Indian forest 23.5 mg/ha/year Yuen et al. 2017
13 Bambusa bamboos Indian forest 81.1 mg/ha/year 9.0 mg/ha/year Piouceau et al. 2020
14 Bambusa bulmeana Philippines forest 57.1 mg/ha/year 71.5 mg/ha/year Piouceau et al. 2020
15 Bambusa burmanica Chinese forest 23.4 mg/ha/year 7.4 mg/ha/year Nath et al. 2015
16 Bambusa chungii Chinese forest 29.5 mg/ha/year 8.2 mg/ha/year Kumaraguru et al. 2021
17 Bambusa dolic bomerithalla Chinese forest 32.8 mg/ha/year 2.0 mg/ha/year Chen et al. 2018
18 Bambusa oldhami Chinese forest 25.7 mg/ha/year 4.6 mg/ha/year Bernal et al. 2018
19 Bambusa pachinesis Mexican forest 48.4 mg/ha/year 2.1 mg/ha/year Bernal et al. 2018
20 Bambusa polymorpha Myanmar forest 15.3 mg/ha/year Sodhi and Ehrlich 2010
21 Bambusa rigida Chinese forest 35.7 mg/ha/year 5.8 mg/ha/year Mujuru 2014
22 Bambusa sp. Indian forest 25.5 mg/ha/year Yen 2015
23 Bambusa stenostachya Taiwanese forest 70.7 mg/ha/year 159.4 mg/ha/year Edrisi et al. 2022
24 Bambusa textilis Chinese forest 21.7 mg/ha/year 4.5 mg/ha/year Quiroga et al. 2013
25 Bambusa tulda Bangladesh, Myanmar, Philippines, and India forests 23.5 mg/ha/year 9.2 mg/ha/year Quiroga et al. 2013
26 Bashania fangian Chinese forest 2.1 mg/ha/year 3.4 mg/ha/year Tang et al. 2018
Dendrocalamus species
27 7-year-old Dendrocalamus strictus Terai region of Uttarakhand 83.8 t/ha [120]
28 Dendrocalamus latiflorus Northeast India 11.2 mg/ha/year Jing et al. 2004
29 Dendrocalamus strictus Indian forest 13.0 mg/ha/year Singh and Singh 1999
30 Dendrocalamus asper Majhera region of Uttarakhand forest 24.3 t/ha Dhruba Bijaya and Bhandari 2010
31 Dendrocalamus asper Mehragaon region of Uttarakhand forest 17.0 t/ha Dhruba Bijaya and Bhandari 2010
32 Dendrocalamus strictus Nepal forest 1.7 t/ha 0.1 t/ha Agarwal and Purwar 2015
33 Dendrocalamus giganteus Terai region of eastern Himalayas 163.3 mg/ha/year Kumar et al. 2022b
34 Dendrocalamus asper Philippine and Taiwanese forests 74.5 mg/ha/year Lantican et al. 2017
35 Dendrocalamus giganteus Chinese and Taiwanese forests 33.6 mg/ha/year 3.9 mg/ha/year Dalvi 2018
36 Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Chinese forest 53.1 mg/ha/year 17.7 mg/ha/year Kaushal et al. 2022
37 Dendrocalamus membrance Chinese forest 15.3 mg/ha/year 7.1 mg/ha/year Jin et al. 2019
38 Dendrocalamus strictus Indian and Myanmar forests 20.7 mg/ha/year 7.4 mg/ha/year Kumar et al. 2022a
Other Bamboo species
39 Schizostachyum pergracile Manipur forest 22.1 mg/ha/year 4.9 mg/ha/year Thokchom and Yadava 2017
40 Phyllostachys pubescens Northeast forest 10.9 mg/ha/year Sujarwo 2016
41 Phyllostachys maikinoi Northeast forest 9.9 mg/ha/year Sahoo et al. 2021b
42 Phyllostachys bambusoi Japanese forest 13.0 mg/ha/year Isagi et al. 1997
43 Phyllostachys maikinoi Taiwanese forest 8.0 mg/ha/year Yen and Lee 2011
44 Phyllostachys pubescens Chinese forest 7.0 mg/ha/year Zhang et al. 2014
45 Phyllostachys pubescens Taiwanese forest 33.18 ± 13.21 mg/ha/year Liu and Yen 2021
46 Phyllostachys maikinoi Taiwanese forest 22.22 ± 24.66 mg/ha/year Liu and Yen 2021
47 Melocanna baccifera Mizoram forest 12.7 mg/ha/year Jeeva et al. 2009
48 Schizostachyum lumampao Cuyambay forest, Tanay forest, Rizal forest, and Philippine forest 71.2 t/ha/year Mohammadi et al. 2017
49 Phyllostachys maikinoi Taiwanese forest 9.9 mg/ha/year Wang and Chen 2015
50 Acidosasa edulis Chinese forest 5.1 mg/ha/year 1.9 mg/ha/year Xu et al. 2017a
51 Arundinaria fargessi Chinese forest 23.7 mg/ha/year 10.9 mg/ha/year Hinge et al. 2018
52 Arundinaria alpina Ethiopian and Kenyan forests 68.4 mg/ha/year 12.8 mg/ha/year Urgesa 2019
53 Bamboo China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam forests 14.7 mg/ha/year 4.1 mg/ha/year Bauters 2018
54 Bashania fargesii Chinese forest 2.6 mg/ha/year 0.6 mg/ha/year Nyirambangutse et al. 2017
55 Chimonobambusa quadrangularis Chinese forest 5.6 mg/ha/year 6.1 mg/ha/year Nyirambangutse et al. 2017
56 Chusquea culeou Chilean forest 80.8 mg/ha/year Austin and Marchesini 2012
57 Chusquea tenuiflora Chilean forest 6.5 mg/ha/year Austin and Marchesini 2012
58 Fargesia scabrida Chinese forest 33.5 mg/ha/year 26.5 mg/ha/year Coulston et al. 2015
59 Fargesia spathacea Chinese forest 4.4 mg/ha/year 10.9 mg/ha/year Coulston et al. 2015
60 Fargesia spathacea Chinese forest 10.9 mg/ha/year 1.9 mg/ha/year Hou et al. 2019
61 Gelidocalamus stellatus Chinese forest 1.3 mg/ha/year Hou et al. 2019
62 Gigantochloa apus Indonesian forest 1.9 mg/ha/year 1.3 mg/ha/year Shibu 2021
63 Gigantochloa levis Philippine forest 73.4 mg/ha/year Shibu 2021
64 Gigantochloa sp. Indonesian and Thai forests 20.9 mg/ha/year Sheila 2021
65 Guddua angustifolia Bolivian, Colombian, Ecuadorian, and Brazilian forests 69.9 mg/ha/year 7.5 mg/ha/year Selecky et al. 2017
66 Guddua weberbaueri Bolivian, Colombian, Ecuadorian, and Brazilian forests 5.1 mg/ha/year Selecky et al. 2017
67 Neosinocalamus affinis Chinese forest 29.9 mg/ha/year 16.9 mg/ha/year Wang et al. 2018
68 Oligostachyum oedognatum Chinese forest 10.4 mg/ha/year 8.2 mg/ha/year Wang et al. 2018
69 Phyllostachys atroviginata Chinese forest 5.6 mg/ha/year Xu et al. 2018
70 Phyllostachys bambusoides Japanese and South Korean forests 31.2 mg/ha/year 13.4 mg/ha/year Kim et al. 2018
72 Phyllostachys edulis Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Taiwanese forests 33.2 mg/ha/year 14.8 mg/ha/year Li et al. 2018
73 Phyllostachys heteroclada Chinese forest 20.0 mg/ha/year 35.6 mg/ha/year Wang et al. 2013
74 Phyllostachys maikinoi Taiwanese forest 24.7 mg/ha/year 69.2 mg/ha/year Sharma et al. 2021
75 Phyllostachys meyeri Chinese forest 42.2 mg/ha/year 59.0 mg/ha/year Sharma et al. 2021
76 Phyllostachys nidularia South Korean forest 14.5 mg/ha/year 12.2 mg/ha/year Lv et al. 2020
77 Phyllostachys nigra Chinese forest 28.2 mg/ha/year 15.1 mg/ha/year Lv et al. 2020
78 Phyllostachys praecox Chinese forest 6.8 mg/ha/year 3.0 mg/ha/year Ren et al. 2011
79 Phyllostachys rutila Chinese forest 68.1 mg/ha/year 117.1 mg/ha/year Ren et al. 2011
80 Phyllostachys viridis Chinese forest 16.0 mg/ha/year 41.5 mg/ha/year Bruckman 2012
81 Phyllostachys amarus Chinese forest 17.3 mg/ha/year 11.6 mg/ha/year Bruckman 2012
82 Phyllostachys viridis Chinese forest 20.0 mg/ha/year 7.8 mg/ha/year Anjali et al. 2020
83 Pseudosasa usawai and Pseudosasa amabilis Chinese forest 32.4 mg/ha/year 34.4 mg/ha/year Anjali et al. 2020
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