DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sjavs.2025.v12i11.002

Pages: 300-304

Bamboo is a fast-growing plant species than other and starts to yield within three or four years of planting. Even though Ethiopia is one of the most endowed countries in having huge coverage of bamboo resource in Africa, the country has narrow genetic diversity only has two species; Yushania alpine (highland bamboo) and Oxytenanthera abyssinica (lowland bamboo). With these two species, it is very difficult to secure constant supply of bamboo benefits. So, adaptation study of lowland bamboo was conducted with objectives of to evaluate the adaptability potential of different lowland bamboo species, and to identify the best performing of lowland bamboo species in midland agroecology of Odoshakiso District of Guji zone from 2021 to 2024. Three different bamboo species namely: Oxytenanthera abyssinica, Guadua amplexofolia, Dendrocalamus hamlitoni and Dendrocalamus memebranceous were collected from Bako agricultural research center. Among those mentioned only Oxytenanthera abyssinica is indigenous while the rest are exotics. The experiment was laid out in RCBD with three replications. From these bamboo species, Dendrocalamus hamiltoni and oxythentra abysinicca performed well in the study area with all growth parameters and Dendrocalamus memebranceous performed less. Therefore, we recommend these two species for further demonstration and pre-scaling up.