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Nutritional Evaluation of Shoots of Two Rattans of Northeast India—Calamus flagellum Griff. ex Mart. and C. floribundus Griff. (Arecaceae)1

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The financial support from Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education (ICFRE), Dehradun is gratefully acknowledged. The author is thankful to the Director of RFRI for wholehearted support and encouragement. The nutrient analysis was done in the FICCI Research and Analysis Centre, New Delhi. The author is grateful to Professor Dr. K. R. Shivanna, INSA honorary Scientist, ATREE, Bangalore, and Dr. C. Renuka, Scientist (Rt.), KFRI, Peechi, Kerala, for their valuable comments. Thanks are due to Sh. A. C. Lakshmana IFS, (Rt.), and Prof. Dr. C. R. Nagendran, Mysore for useful suggestions. I would like to express my appreciation to Dr. V. B. Sreekumar, Scientist, KFRI, Peechi for sharing literatures. Sincere gratitude goes to the anonymous reviewers for their thorough and constructive feedback.

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Manohara, T.N. Nutritional Evaluation of Shoots of Two Rattans of Northeast India—Calamus flagellum Griff. ex Mart. and C. floribundus Griff. (Arecaceae)1 . Econ Bot 67, 263–268 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-013-9237-4

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