Forest Canopy Structures and Bamboo Rhizome Internodes Impact the Appearance Quality of Bamboo Shoots
Bamboo shoots are a healthy vegetable with significant commercial value, and their appearance quality is a key factor influencing consumer preference and market pricing. Their growth characteristics—after being unearthed, they maintain basal diameter while rapidly growing in height—affect the taste...
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| author | Chunyan She Yulin Yu Maji Wan Adamu Abdullahi Abubakar Weixue Luo Jinchun Liu Jianping Tao |
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| description | Bamboo shoots are a healthy vegetable with significant commercial value, and their appearance quality is a key factor influencing consumer preference and market pricing. Their growth characteristics—after being unearthed, they maintain basal diameter while rapidly growing in height—affect the taste and nutritional quality. However, little attention has been given to the impact of bamboo forest management on shoot appearance. Therefore, this study addressed this research gap through a comprehensive investigation across three types of bamboo forests: evergreen broad-leaved forest (EBF), evergreen deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest (MBF), and pure bamboo forest (PBF). In addition, we further assessed factors that potentially affect the appearance quality of bamboo shoots, including canopy structures, understory light factors and understory soil factors, mother bamboo factors, and shoot internal factors (pigments and cells). The basal diameters of shoots in PBF and MBF were 1.89 cm and 1.97 cm, respectively, which were significantly larger than those in EBF by 0.27 cm and 0.35 cm, respectively. The linear mixed effect model identified the number of bamboo rhizome internodes and the chlorophyll <i>a</i> content as primary factors influencing basal diameter thickening and elongation growth of shoots, respectively. In addition, increasing the bamboo canopy and mean leaf angle reduced the chlorophyll <i>a</i> content and increased the carotenoid content, thereby benefiting the improvement in or maintenance of the taste and quality of shoots. This study highlighted that increasing the number of bamboo rhizome internodes, bamboo canopy, and mean leaf angle is helpful to improve the appearance quality of shoots. These findings offer a scientific foundation for bamboo forest management, contributing to both ecological sustainability and economic benefits. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b20b90bbe6ab46e69da2ae8de08c2e5e2023-12-22T14:09:46ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072023-12-011412243510.3390/f14122435Forest Canopy Structures and Bamboo Rhizome Internodes Impact the Appearance Quality of Bamboo ShootsChunyan She0Yulin Yu1Maji Wan2Adamu Abdullahi Abubakar3Weixue Luo4Jinchun Liu5Jianping Tao6Key Laboratory of Eco-Environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, ChinaKey Laboratory of Eco-Environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, ChinaKey Laboratory of Eco-Environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, ChinaKey Laboratory of Eco-Environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, ChinaKey Laboratory of Eco-Environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, ChinaKey Laboratory of Eco-Environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, ChinaKey Laboratory of Eco-Environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, ChinaBamboo shoots are a healthy vegetable with significant commercial value, and their appearance quality is a key factor influencing consumer preference and market pricing. Their growth characteristics—after being unearthed, they maintain basal diameter while rapidly growing in height—affect the taste and nutritional quality. However, little attention has been given to the impact of bamboo forest management on shoot appearance. Therefore, this study addressed this research gap through a comprehensive investigation across three types of bamboo forests: evergreen broad-leaved forest (EBF), evergreen deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest (MBF), and pure bamboo forest (PBF). In addition, we further assessed factors that potentially affect the appearance quality of bamboo shoots, including canopy structures, understory light factors and understory soil factors, mother bamboo factors, and shoot internal factors (pigments and cells). The basal diameters of shoots in PBF and MBF were 1.89 cm and 1.97 cm, respectively, which were significantly larger than those in EBF by 0.27 cm and 0.35 cm, respectively. The linear mixed effect model identified the number of bamboo rhizome internodes and the chlorophyll <i>a</i> content as primary factors influencing basal diameter thickening and elongation growth of shoots, respectively. In addition, increasing the bamboo canopy and mean leaf angle reduced the chlorophyll <i>a</i> content and increased the carotenoid content, thereby benefiting the improvement in or maintenance of the taste and quality of shoots. This study highlighted that increasing the number of bamboo rhizome internodes, bamboo canopy, and mean leaf angle is helpful to improve the appearance quality of shoots. These findings offer a scientific foundation for bamboo forest management, contributing to both ecological sustainability and economic benefits.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/12/2435bamboo shootscanopy structurechlorophyllforest managementrhizome |
| spellingShingle | Chunyan She Yulin Yu Maji Wan Adamu Abdullahi Abubakar Weixue Luo Jinchun Liu Jianping Tao Forest Canopy Structures and Bamboo Rhizome Internodes Impact the Appearance Quality of Bamboo Shoots Forests bamboo shoots canopy structure chlorophyll forest management rhizome |
| title | Forest Canopy Structures and Bamboo Rhizome Internodes Impact the Appearance Quality of Bamboo Shoots |
| title_full | Forest Canopy Structures and Bamboo Rhizome Internodes Impact the Appearance Quality of Bamboo Shoots |
| title_fullStr | Forest Canopy Structures and Bamboo Rhizome Internodes Impact the Appearance Quality of Bamboo Shoots |
| title_full_unstemmed | Forest Canopy Structures and Bamboo Rhizome Internodes Impact the Appearance Quality of Bamboo Shoots |
| title_short | Forest Canopy Structures and Bamboo Rhizome Internodes Impact the Appearance Quality of Bamboo Shoots |
| title_sort | forest canopy structures and bamboo rhizome internodes impact the appearance quality of bamboo shoots |
| topic | bamboo shoots canopy structure chlorophyll forest management rhizome |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/12/2435 |
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