Research Article

Grappling the High Altitude for Safe Edible Bamboo Shoots with Rich Nutritional Attributes and Escaping Cyanogenic Toxicity

Table 1

Principal geographical coordinates, mean soil pH, and identified edible bamboo species.

GenBank accession/bamboo species12345Voucher no.

KC013282/Chimonobambusa callosa Leimaram 24°44′93°43′1843 m (hill)IBSD/WS/019
KC013285/Bambusa cacharensis Arapti 24°44′93°51′807 m (hill)IBSD/WS/020
JX564900/Bambusa manipureana Khong Khang 24°21′94°11′240 m (valley)IBSD/WS/008
JX564901/Bambusa nutans Arapti 24°44′93°56′226 m (valley)IBSD/WS/023
JX507132/Bambusa tulda Arapti 24°44′93°56′226 m (valley)IBSD/WS/022
JX507131/Bambusa oliveriana Arapti 24°44′93°56′728 m (hill)IBSD/WS/010
JX564902/Dendrocalamus giganteus Arapti 24°44′93°56′803 m (hill)IBSD/WS/001
JX564903/Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Kwatha 24°19′94°16′358 m (valley)IBSD/WS/004
JX564904/Dendrocalamus hookeri Arapti 24°44′93°56′770 m (hill)IBSD/WS/005
JX564905/Dendrocalamus manipureanus Arapti 24°21′93°57′769 m (hill)IBSD/WS/002
JX507133/Melocanna baccifera Lokchao 24°20′94°14′497 m (hill)IBSD/WS/018
JX507134/Schizostachyum dullooa Arapti 24°42′93°57′728 m (hill)IBSD/WS/003
JX564906/Bambusa sp.Arapti 24°44′93°56′770 m (hill)IBSD/WS/024
JX564907/Bambusa sp.Andro 24°47′93°03′803 m (hill)IBSD/WS/007
KC013288/Bambusa tuldoides Andro 24°47′93°03′777 m (hill)IBSD/WS/006

Collection site, 2mean pH of the soil at the collection site in the months of July-August of 2009 to 2011, 3latitude (N), 4longitude (E), and 5altitude in meters showing either valley or hill where samples were collected.