Bamboos are fascinating plants (tree-grasses) with a wide range of values and uses. They are indicators of high biodiversity, play a significant role in soil conservation and extensively used for soil and water management. The flowering of a bamboo is usually quite an extraordinary event - for the simple reason that it very rarely happens .Seeds of bamboos cannot be obtained every year and after seeding the bamboos die. Seeds can be used for seedling production only for short duration of maximum six months. Our aim was to observe the physiological studies include seed viability studies, membrane integrity and enzyme analysis in three species of bamboos viz. Dendrocalamus hamiltonii, Dendrocalamus strictus and Bambusa bambos in freshly harvested seeds. Maximum germination was found to be in case of Dendrocalamus hamiltonii (81.2%) out of all the three species and D. strictus (76%) showed minimum germination which was in correlation with physiological study showing vigour index, electrical conductivity, electrolyte leakage, TTC activity, α amylase, β amylase and catalase activity of all the three species.
