The two most popular bamboo species planted for bamboo shoots production are Dendrocalamus asper (Buluh betung) and Gigantochloa albociliata (Buluh madu). In Peninsular Malaysia, D. asper is a widely distributed indigenous large size species (Figure 1). The largest area planted with D. asper for shoot production is situated in Kulai, Johor, having acreage of 70 acres. The harvested shoots are sold locally and exported to Singapore. Locally, the only information on D. asper was based on research that focused on the establishment techniques and site suitability (Abd Razak, 1999).