Evaluation location: Puerto Rico, United States
In an effort to characterize elemental profiles in depth, a large collection of bamboo germplasm accession leaf samples was assembled and analyzed. A total of 231 leaf samples were collected for both tropical and temperate bamboo species from public (USDA-ARS) and private collections in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico and Griffin, Georgia. Elemental analysis was performed using an inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectometer (ICP-OES).