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Bamboo Biotechnology


Booshoot is a biotechnology company that grew the first bamboo plants by tissue culture in test tubes in 2004. This scientific breakthrough instantly transformed the plant from a backyard ornamental to an economic powerhouse with the potential to be grown on a mass scale and the ability to compete worldwide in the pulp, paper, textile and hardwood markets.