The Philippines recommends for Bamboo (5th ed.). (2012). Los Banos, Laguna: Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development.

Introduction -- Characteristics of Bamboo -- Uses of Bamboo -- Market Potentials of Bamboo -- Planting Stock Production of Commercial Bamboo Species -- Bamboo Propagation -- Nursery Cultural Practices -- Environmental Impacts -- Market Potentials of Bamboo Planting Stock Production -- Financial Analysis for Planting Stock Production -- Management and harvesting of Bamboo Stands -- General Description of Priority Bamboo Species -- Important Consideration s for a Good Bamboo Plantation -- Preparation of Planting Sites -- Managing the Clumps and Harvesting the Poles and Shoots -- Care and Maintenance of Clumps -- Harvesting of Poles -- Harvesting of Shoots -- Steps in Rehabilitating and Managing Unman aged Bamboo Clumps -- Marketing and Profitability -- Environmental Benefits -- Financial Analysis for Bamboo Pole and Shoot Production -- Summary and Recommendation -- Ornamental Bamboo Planting Stock Production -- Ornamental Bamboo Planting Stock Production -- Introduction -- Propagation of Ornamental Bamboo -- Propagation Methods -- Nursery Cultural Practices -- Propagation Methods -- Nursery Cultural Practices --Environmental Issue -- Market Potentials of Ornamental Bamboo -- Engineered Bamboo Products -- Introduction -- Market Potential -- Engineered Bamboo Products -- Introduction -- Market Potential -- Production of Engineered- Bamboo Products -- Investment profitability -- Bamboo Furniture -- Introduction -- Markets -- Bamboo Furniture Production -- Investment Profitability -- Bamboo briquettes, Bamboo Charcoal and Light Distillate -- Introduction -- Market Potential -- Charcoal Briquette Production from Bamboo Processing Wastes -- Investment and Profitability -- Bamboo Charcoal and Light Distillate Production -- Investment and profitability -- Protection and Preservation of Bamboo -- Introduction -- Causes of Deodorization in Bamboo -- Prevention and Control of Fungal and Insect Attack on Bamboo -- Methods of Treatment Application -- Handling of Treated Bamboo -- Remedial Treatment of Fungal Infected Bamboo or Bamboo Products that are in Storage or in Service -- Safety Precautions in the Preparation, Handling, and Application of Chemical Treatment -- Cost of Bamboo Culm Treatment -- References -- List of Tables, la Costs and return for backyard production of bamboo planting stock, giant bamboo, one-node cutting -- Costs and returns for backyard production of bamboo planting stock, giant bamboo, single-branch cutting -- Costs and returns for backyard production of bamboo planting stock, giant bamboo, single branch cutting -- Costs and returns for backyard production of bamboo planting stock, kawayan tinik/ bayog, double-node cutting -- Summary of financial viability indicators for planting stock production, three bamboo species -- Costs and return for bamboo pole and shoot production, giant bamboo -- Costs and returns for bamboo pole and shoot production, kawayan tinik -- Costs and returns for bamboo pole and shoot production, bayog -- Summary of financial viability indicators for bamboo pole and shoot production, I hectare -- Cists and returns for backyard ornamental bamboo production mother plants -- Additional investment needed to produce bamboo veneer -- Profitability indicators -- Initial investment required for a plant with a capacity of 300,000 bamboo tiles/ year -- Profitability indicators -- Initial investment required in producing bamboo furniture, without financing pesos per year -- Initial investment requirement for bamboo charcoal briquettes -- Initial investment requirement for bamboo charcoal and distillate production -- Annual costs and returns of producing bamboo charcoal and distillate, before financing -- Cost of supplies and materials for dipping and spraying methods -- Cost of treating bamboo culms against insect and fungal attack, pesos per treatment method per batch -- List of Figures -- Bamboo handicrafts -- bamboo novelty items -- Bamboo poles -- Engineered bamboo products -- Bamboo used as garden ornaments and accessories -- Bamboo as musical instruments -- Bamboo as an ornamental plant -- Young bamboo shoots for food -- Ornamental type of bamboo (yellow buho) sold as planting material -- Engineered bamboo flooring -- A divider made of bamboo -- Parts of a bamboo plant -- Whole culm cutting without the rhizome -- Segmenting the whole culm intro two node cuttings -- Two node cutting and oe-node cutting -- Propagation by branch cuttings -- Branch cutting from a giant bamboo -- Whole culm propagation -- Keeping the potted propagates in a partially shaded area to stabilize for out planting -- Rooting of bamboo cuttings in a nursery bed -- Potted bamboo stocks -- A clump of kawayan tinik (Bambusa Blueana) -- A clump of bayos (Bambusa sp.) -- Un managed clump of kawayan tinik -- Harvesting bamboo -- Kawayan tinik poles for sale -- Woven bamboo mats -- Bamboo exports, Philippines, 1996- 2006 -- Percentage shares of bamboo exports, Philippines 1995 - 2006 -- Basket/wickerwork exports, Philippines, 2001-2006 -- Yellow bamboo or kawayan- dilaw -- Wamin bamboo -- Pole bamboo -- Taiwan bamboo -- Running or fish pole bamboo -- Golden bamboo or buhong dilaw -- A clump of golden buho grown in the ground and potted culms after then culm division -- Potted pole bamboo -- Ornamental bamboos ready for sale (golden buho and bonsai wamin) -- Bamboos for a beautiful and healthy environment -- Engineered bamboo products -- Process flow of producing bamboo tiles -- Bamboo set -- High-end bamboo dining set (combined with wood and other plant materials) -- Bamboo charcoal produced by MMSU