竹子一生仅开花一次,然后结实、死亡,有时一个生长周期需120年。竹子的这种习性使植物育种学家难以通过种子培育出优良品系。最近,印度科学家研究出一种方法,能使竹子提早开花。他们用一种经过浓缩的矿物质与维生素和糖混合,加上椰汁和某些植物激素,培育幼嫩的竹笋。这种矿物质混合物是实验室里组培时常用的,只是浓度更高 Bamboo blooms only once, and then sturdy, dead, and sometimes a growth cycle of 120 years. This habit of bamboo makes it difficult for plant breeders to seed fine lines. Recently, Indian scientists have developed a way to make bamboo flowering earlier. They use a concentrated mineral mixed with vitamins and sugar, with coconut milk and some plant hormones, to cultivate tender bamboo shoots. This mineral mix is ​​commonly used in tissue culture in the laboratory, but at higher concentrations