Vetiver is known for its versatility and tolerance to a wide variety of environmental conditions including drought, flooding, fire, poor soil, salt, and contaminants, making it a great choice for bioengineering applications in many areas of the world. As a…
MAP YOUR VETIVER LOCATION COMPETION. This competition closed on March 31. The leaders Vetiver TT (Trinidad and Tobago), Tho Ngo (Vietnam), and Vetiver GT. Ingeneria-Viva- (Guatemala) are listed in the attached image from the iNaturalist site. We audited the first…
This new book by Dr. Paul Truong provides a wealth of information on the function and unique role of the roots of vetiver grass that allow for a wide range of environmental mitigation. Paul Truong, TVNI’s Technical Director, has…
Dr Umesh Lavania of the Department of Botany at the University of Lucknow, India, and a longtime friend and member of the Vetiver Network International, has, with his team, identified and tested a new sterile vetiver clone named CIMAP-FORAGIKA. The clone…
The “Vetiver System” depends on the multi-purpose use and application of a very unique grass, vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanioides), which is a non invasive species found in most tropical and semi-tropical counties. Initially (1980s) the World Bank promoted its use…
CONFERENCE SUMMARY Application of the Vetiver System for Environmental Protection: Prevention and Treatment of Contaminated Soil and Water. Rabat, Morocco, 14 November 2006 Criss Juliard. The Vetiver Network (International) [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> The objective of the conference was to provide a general…
The Vetiver System The Vetiver System (VS) is dependent on the use of a very unique tropical plant, Vetiver grass – Vetiveria zizanioiodes. The grass can be grown over a very wide range of climatic and soil conditions, and if…
Recently I learned that the Pacific Island Ecosystem at Risk (PIER, http://www.hear.org/pier/index.html) had listed Vetiver Grass Chrysopogon zizaniodes (a.k.a Vetiveria zizanioides) as an invasive species. Obviously PIER is on pretty shaky grounds and it would appear its information is based…
Fourteen years ago Paul Truong and Colin Creighton visited Fiji on behalf of the Government of Queensland to review the impact of vetiver and to find out if it had any invasive features. Their report is an interesting and enlightening…
Paul Truong TVNI, Brisbane, Australia Most grasses have fibrous roots, which spread out from the underground part of the culm and hold the soil in a horizontal pattern. The vetiver roots, however, penetrate vertically into the soil, whether it is…
