Enter records

ID: 63603
Title: Efficacy of Preservatives against Sapstain Fungi on Pinus radiata and Bombax ceiba
Author: Heena Thakur, Sadhna Tripathi and Shweta B.Kukreti
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (11) 1105- 1109 (2019)
Subject: Efficacy of Preservatives against Sapstain Fungi on Pinus radiata and Bombax ceiba
Keywords: Alternaria alternata, Bombax ceiba, Pinus radiata, Preservatives, Sap stain
Abstract: Pinus radiata and Bombax ceiba are susceptible to discoloration by sap stain fungus i.e., Alternaria alternata resulting significant losses of raw material for the wood industries. In the present study, efficacy of CCA, CCB, Borax-Boric acid and ZiBOC was tested against sap stain fungi on pinus radiata and Bombax ceiba under laboratory conditions. Results showed least fungal infestation in Pinus radiate treated with CCB and ZIBOC followed by CCA and Borax –Boric acid by Alternaria alternata Whereas, in case of Bombax ceiba, minimum growth of Alternaria alternata was noted in samples treated with ZiBOC followed by CCA, CCB and BBA.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Anon., (2018) .What causes cancer? https://www.canncer/cancer-causes/arsenic.html.Retrieved on 23 November 2018. AS5604 (2003).Australian Standard: Timber-Natural durability ratings. Standards Australia: Sydney.
Literature cited 2: ASTMD4445-09a (2009).Standard Test Method for Fungicides for Controlling Sapstain and Mold on Unseasoned Lumber (Laboratory Method), DOI: 10.1520/D4445-09A.ASTM International. Bootle R.K. (2005), Wood in Australia: Types, properties and uses. The McGraw Hill Companies, 452pp.

ID: 63602
Title: Variations in certain wood quality parameters of Melia dubia Cav.
Author: Priyanka Shrivastava, Ashok Kumar, P.K.Pande and P.K.Gupta
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (11) 1098- 1104 (2019)
Subject: Variations in certain wood quality parameters of Melia dubia
Keywords: Melia dubia, Wood parameters, Genetic analysis, Heritability, Genetic gain.
Abstract: Melia dubia Cav. has established an alternate species under various agro-forestry systems. Consequently plantation area has increased substantially over the years, particularly under irrigated conditions. The species not only has wider adaptability across geographical regions over varying soil types but has also been reported to be productive with clear bole and merchantable biomass. Therefore, analysis of certain wood properties for varying genetic resources of species quality was conducted at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun for screening quality planting stock of the species so to enable growers to choose planting stocks with known wood parameters. The wood samples were collected from thirty nine genotypes of thirteen progenies and subjected to analyze growth and wood traits. All the progenies had significant variations for all growth and wood parameters. Specific gravity and fibre length were found to be the most important parameters for heritability. The progenies were grouped into five clusters, though Cluster V had maximum number of progenies (5), cluster one was found to be most productive for growth and wood parameters. Correlation analysis reveals no significant relationships among the growth and wood quality parameters; hence it could be inferred that further propagation of superior trees can be done based on wood quality parameters only, without considering the growth traits.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Abu-lrub I., Christianson J.L., Madsen S., Sevilla R. and Ortiz R. (2004).Assessing tassel, kernel and ear variation in Peruvian highland maize. Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter, 137:34-4. Burley J. and Palmer R.R. (1979).Pulp and Wood densitometric properties of Pinus caribaea from Fiji.CFI.Occasional Paper No.6, p66.
Literature cited 2: Burton G.W. and Devane E.H (1953).Estimating heritability in tall fecue (Festuca arundinaceae) from replicated clonal material .Agronomy Journal, 45:478-481. Cardi T., Mazzel M. Frusciante L. (2002).Field variation in tetraploid progeny by selfing a Solnum commersonic (+) Solanum tuberosum somatic hybrid: A multivariate analysis. Euphytica, 124: 111-119.

ID: 63601
Title: Source Variation in Fruit, Seed Germination and Seedling characteristics of Diploknema butyracea (Roxb.) H.J.Lam
Author: Nawa Bahar
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (11) 1090- 1097 (2019)
Subject: Source Variation in Fruit, Seed Germination and Seedling characteristics of Diploknema butyracea
Keywords: Diploknema butyracea, Seed sources variation, Edible oil
Abstract: Diploknema butyracea is a fast growing species and known for the yield of edible oil from kernels. Studies on source variation for quality seedling production undertaken on fifteen seed sources sampled from different locations in Uttarakhand. Variation for most of the studied characters showed that non-clinical. Variation for most of the studied characters showed that non-clinical. The population of Harkate was found to be the best on the basis of weight, germination per cent and vigour index of seed as an important criterion for delineation the superior seed source. This preliminary investigation will pave the way for further improvement of the species for better productivity.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Abdul-Baki A.A and Anderson J.D. (1973).Vigour determination in soya bean seed by multiple criteria. Crop Science, 13: 630-632. Ahmed Z.U., Hassan M.A., Begum ZNT, Khondker M., Kair SMH, Ahmed M. and Ahmad ATA (eds) 2009.Encyclopedia of flora and Fauna of Bangladesh: Angiosperms: Dicotyledons: Ranunculaceae-zygophyllaceae.Vol.10 Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 1-580.
Literature cited 2: Armstrong D.P. and Westoby M. (1993) .Seedlings from large seeds tolerate defoliation better test using phylogenetically independent contrast. Ecology, 74:1090-1100. Awasthi Y.C., Bhatnagar S.C. and Mitra C.TR. (1975) .Chemurgy of Sapotaceous Plants: Madhuca species of India. Economic Botany, 2:380-389.

ID: 63600
Title: Identification, structural and Phylogenetic Analysis of Lignin Biosnthesis Pathway 4 CL Gene in Timber Species: Cedrus deodara Roxb. (G.Don)
Author: Neha Goel and H.S. Ginwal
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (11) 1082- 1089 (2019)
Subject: Identification, structural and Phylogenetic Analysis of Lignin Biosynthesis Pathway 4 CL Gene in Timber Species
Keywords: Phenylpropenood pathway, Coumurate ligase, AMP binding domain, Populus tomentosa, Cedrus deodara
Abstract: Lignification process allows plants flexibility to deal with various environmental stresses, and conferring on them a striking ability to remain viable even when human interventions altered lignin biosynthetic-pathway genes. The 4-coumurate ligase catalyzes the synthesis of lignin precursors as important phenylpropanoid.4CL protein is responsible for high lignin content but severe suppression affects carbohydrate metabolism which makes deodar wood useful for timber industry. In this research evolutionary analysis, tertiary structure prediction followed by the validation for emphasizing the annotation of 4-coumurate ligase protein (4CL).The model structure showed the suitability with a member of family AMP binding enzymes and catalyzes the hydroxycinnamate-CoA thioesters as the lignin precursor from Populus tomentosa. As the future perspective molecular docking, genome wide prediction can be study for the response in defence mechanism against the pathogens and it shall be more beneficiary among the defence pathway of deodar.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Altschul S.F. , Gish W., Miller W., Myers E.W. and Lipman D.J. (1990) .Basic local alignment search tool. Journal of Molecular Biology, 215 (3): 403-410. Eswar N., Eramian D., Webb B., Shen M.Y. and Sali A. (2008) .Protein structure modelling with MODELLER. In Structural proteomics (pp. 145-15), Human Press.
Literature cited 2: Gouet P., Robert X and Courcelle E., (2003) .ESPript/ENDscript: Extracting and rendering sequence and 3D information from atomic structures of proteins. Nucleic Acids Research, 311: 3320-3323. Gulick A.M. (2009) .Conformational Dynamics in the AcylCoA Synthetases, Adenylation Domains of Non-ribosomal Peptide Synthetases, and Firefly Luciferase.ACS Chemical Biology, 4 (10): 811-827.

ID: 63599
Title: Comparative Account of Floral Diversity of Four Major Islands (Bets) in Little Rann of Kachchh (LRK), Gujarat, India
Author: Ashok M. Suthar, Kethan S. Tatu and R.D. Kamboj
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (11) 1076- 1081 (2019)
Subject: Comparative Account of Floral Diversity of Four Major Islands (Bets) in Little Rann of Kachchh (LRK), Gujarat, India
Keywords: Bets, Floral species, Frequency, Grasses, Herbaceous, Little Rann of Kachchh, LRK, Per cent Cover, Species diversity, Wild Ass.
Abstract: The present study compares floral diversity of four major islands (bets) in Little Rann of Kachchh (LRK) in Gujarat. During the study, transect and Daubenmire quadrat methods were used for collecting qualitative and quantitative data i.e. frequency and per cent cover of herbaceous plants. The study has revealed occurrence of 9 species of trees, 10 species of shrubs, 5species of climbers, 21 species of herbs and 12 species grasses. The study indicated more diversity of plant species on Jilandhar bet than that on Mardak bet, Nanda bet and Pung bet each. Aeluropus lagopoides (a grass) had higher per cent cover and frequency than those of other grass and herb species recorded in quadrats. The similarity and dissimilarity indices for plant species of the four bets of LRK were found to be 28 % and 72 % respectively.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Daubenmire R. (1959) .A canopy –coverage method of vegetational analysis. Northwest Sci.33:43-64. Koyani R., Patel H., Patel P., Dharaiya N. And Patel R.(2009) .Study on Microbial Diversity of Wild Ass Sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India. The Icfai University Journal of Life Sciences, 3 (1): 1-8.
Literature cited 2: Parmar M.J., Chaudhary J.S., Singh P. and Pandey C.N.(2014) .Management Plan for Wild Ass Sanctuary .Dharangadhra: Dharanadhra Wildlife Division, Gujarat Forest Department. Shah V.N. and Pilo B. (1993).Ecology of Wild Ass (Equus hemionus khur) in Little Rann of Kutch. Vadodara: The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

ID: 63598
Title: Estimation of Genetic Parameters in Progenies of Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. Ex DC.) Wight & Arn
Author: Hemant Kumar, S.B. Lal and Afaq Majid Wani
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (11) 1070- 1075 (2019)
Subject: Estimation of Genetic Parameters in Progenies of Terminalia arjuna
Keywords: GCV, PCV, Heritability, Genetic advance, Terminalia arjuna, Morphological traits
Abstract: Efficient tree improvement strategies depend upon specific knowledge of genotypic composition of population which was visualized by their genetic parameters. The traits with high heritability along with high genetic gain is effective for further improvement programme , since they indicate the heritable additive component of variance. In context to above discussion, Terminalia arjuna a fast growing tree species having immense economic potential in various industries viz., pharmaceutical , timber , paper, soap, tannin, dye, match, food, fodder and fuel has been studied. Present study revealed significant variations between progenies (CPTs) for genotypic and phenotypic coefficient of variance, heritability, genetic gain and genetic advance. High range of variability was observed for morphological parameters viz., fresh and dry shoot/root weight, plant height, bark content and total biomass. Genotypic coefficient of variation ranged between 1.24-44.72.However, highest GCV was recorded for fresh shoot weight (44.72 44.72.However, highest GCV was recorded for fresh shoot weight (44.72 %) followed by dry shoot weight (44.49%) while lower GCV were recorded for wood specific gravity (1.24).Heritability for different character shows significant variation (52.47-99.85).Highly heritable traits were fresh root weight (99.85), fresh shoot weight (99.80), total biomass (99.71) and plant height (98.68) while low heritability is shown by wood specific gravity (52.47) .Genetic gain ranged from 1.85-92.03 and recorded highest for fresh shoot weight (92.03 %) followed by dry shoot weight (91.49 % ) ,bark content (90.77 %) and total biomass (89.10%) while lowest for wood specific gravity (1.85).
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Agboola D.A., Etejere E.O and Fawole M.O. (1993) .Effect of orientation and soil types on germination of seeds of some tropical forest tree species, Seed Research, 21: 13-20. Anand R.K. (2003) .Nursery Evaluation of Plus Tree Progenies of Bauhinia variegate Linn. M.Sc. Thesis submitted to Dr.Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan (HP).
Literature cited 2: Amri E.M. (2010) .Germination of Terminalia sericae Buch ex DC seeds: effect of temperature regime, photoperiod, gibberellic acid and potassium nitrate, American-Eurasian Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 8: 722-727. Bhat G.S and Chauhan P.S (2002) .Seed source variation in seed and seedling traits of Albezzia lebbek Benth. J. Tree Science, 21 (1-2): 52-57.

ID: 63597
Title: Estimation of Biomass, Nutrient content in Grasses and Soil at Different Elevations in Langate Forest Division, Kashmir Himalaya, India
Author: Muneer Ahmad Margy, Suhail Bashir war, Vaishnu Dutt and Sapna A. Narula
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (11) 1053- 1061 (2019)
Subject: Estimation of Biomass, Nutrient content in Grasses and Soil at Different Elevations in Langate Forest Division, Kashmir Himalaya, India
Keywords: Above ground biomass, Nutrient analysis, Dominant grasses
Abstract: The aboveground biomass of different grasses present at different elevations revealed that the maximum production was at higher elevation (2500-3000 m) followed by middle (2000-2500 m) and lower elevation (1500-2000 m) with maximum contribution from ,Poa pratens is at higher elevation followed by Chrsopogon echinulatus at middle elevation and Cynodon dactylon at lower elevation. The nutrient content of different dominant grasses present at the sites/elevations revealed that the nitrogen (N) , phosphorus (P) , potassium (K) , Crude Protein (CP) of dominant grass species at different elevations of the Rajwar Range of Langate Forest Divison increased from lower to middle elevation and was highest for upper elevation while in case of calcium (Ca) and Magnesium (Mg) it showed a declining trend from lower to middle and was lowest in upper elevation. The chemical properties of soil contents [Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), Potassium (K)] of different locations/elevations in Rajwar Range of Langate Forest Division increased with the increase in elevation and were maximum for upper elevation followed by middle elevation and lowest lower elevation.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Aggarwal S.K., Saxena N. And Kau P. (1978) . Herbage production and nutrient composition of grasses in arid grasslands as related to season and rainfall: Cenchrusciliaris and Cenchrussetigerus grass species, Forage Research, 4:149-157. Anitha K., Joseph S., Joh C.R., Ramasamy E.V. and Prasad S.N. (2010). Tree species diversity and community composition in a human-dominated tropical forest of Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India. Ecological Complexity, 7: 217-224.
Literature cited 2: Brant V., Pivec J., Venclova V., Soukup J. and Holec J. (2006) .The influence of different Soil Vegetation Covers onto the Volumetric Water Content in Upper Soil Layers. Plant Soil Environ., 52 (6): 275-281. Chawla S., Rajkumar K.N., Singh B.Lal, Thukral A.K. and Singh R.D. (2008) .Plant species diversity along an altitudinal gradient of Bhabha Valley in western Himalaya, Journal of Mountain Sciences, 5 (2) : 157-177.

ID: 63596
Title: Ecodendrometric Characterization of Atlas Pistachio (Pistacia atlantica Desf) Stands in the Ain Ben Khelil Region (Southwestern Algeria)
Author: Guerine Lakhdar and Hadjadj Kouider
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (11) 1053- 1061 (2019)
Subject: Ecodendrometric Characterization of Atlas Pistachio
Keywords: Atlantic Pistachio, Ain Ben Khelil, Ecodendrometric, Regeneration, Floristic richness
Abstract: The Atlantic Pistachio (Pistacia atlantica Desf) forest has a valuable pioneering species heritage in the arid and semi-arid regions. It is described as the most original and remarkable species in the high steppes for both ecological and social value. The results of ecodenrometric characterization of this species in Ain Ben Khelil region show the dominance of big and very big woods. About 62 % of the studied population. The natural regeneration of Atlantic Pistachio is closely related to the nurse plant effect (Jujube-Atlantic Pistachio). The rates recorded are respectively: 6.7 % (grove 1) , 8.3 % (grove 2), 12.6 % (grove 3) and 23.7 % for the 4th grove. The floristic diversity of the Atlantic pistachio is characterized by three strata, namely a tree strata, shrub strata and herb strata containing a significant floristic richness.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Aidoud A. (2005) .Functioning of Mediterranean ecosystems. Conferences, University of Rennes: 11 pp. Amara M. (2014) .Contribution to the study of Pistacia atlantica sub sp atlantica groupings in northwestern Algeria.Ph.D, Thesis, Tlemcen University: 264 pp.
Literature cited 2: Amghar F. and Kadi-Hanifi H. (2008) .Dignosis of the floristic diversity of five steppe stations in southern Algiers, Les Cahiers d’ Orphee, 1: 386-395.

ID: 63595
Title: Biomass and Carbon stock Assessment of Phanerophytes: A case study of village Ecosystem used for Ecological Optimization to Mitigate Climate Change
Author: Subhajit Lahiri, Monalisa Das and Moumita Chatterjee
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (11) 1048- 1052 (2019)
Subject: Biomass and Carbon stock Assessment of Phanerophytes: A case study of village Ecosystem used for Ecological Optimization to Mitigate Climate Change
Keywords: Girth at breast height (GBH), Phanerophytes, Carbon sequestration potential, Village ecosystem
Abstract: The present communication is based on Carbon sequestration potential of ten selected ligneous species which were predominant in the Rajhat village of Hooghly district. It was observed that Sweetenia Mahogani has highest carbon sequestration potential whereas Disoxylum costulatum has lowest potential. The correlation between GBH and height with carbon sequestration potential were determined which is positive which summing up it can be said that , the present work exhibit the pathway of aesthetic rejuvenation though landscape designing with environmental optimization through CO2 sequestration with appropriate trees.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Das M. and Mukherjee A. (2015) .Carbon sequestration potential , its correlation with height and girth of selected trees in the Golapbag Campus, Burdwan, West Bengal (India) .Indian Journal of Scientific Research, 10 (1) : 53-57. Das M., Das M. and Mukherjee A. (2017) .Carbon sequestration potential of eight tree species selected from the Golapbag campus of Burdwan university, West Bengal (India) .Research Journal of Pharmaceutical ,Biological and Chemical Sciences , 8 (2) : 1901-1908.
Literature cited 2: Gitay H; Sqarez A; Watson R T. and Dokken D.J. (2000) .Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Hangarge L.M., Kulkarni D.K. Gaikwad V.B., Mahajan D.M. and Chudhari N. (2012) .Carbon sequestration potential of trees species in Somjaichi Rai (Sacred grove) at Nandghur village, in Bhor region of Pune District, Maharashtra State, India. Annals of Biological Research, 3 (7): 3426-3429.

ID: 63594
Title: Biomass and Carbon Stocks in different Tree species of Kaptai National Park, Bangladesh
Author: Mohammed Mukhlesur Rahman, M.Al-Amin and Syed Hafizur Rahman
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (11) 1039- 1047 (2019)
Subject: Biomass and Carbon Stocks in different Tree species of Kapitai National Park, Bangladesh
Keywords: Biomass and Carbon Stocks in different Tree species of Kaptai National Park, Bangladesh
Abstract: The aboveground, belowground and total tree biomass along with carbon stocks were estimated in forests of the Kaptai National Park of Bangladesh. These forests are composed of some evergreen and deciduous trees, some of which are natural and others were planted. Seventy seven tracks or reference points, 500 m apart from each other, were selected randomly throughout the park area, and had 4 plots of 10 m were selected randomly throughout the park area, and had 4 plots of 10 m radius in each of these tracks. Each plot had an area of 314m2; so the total sampling area was 9.67 hectares. All the trees in each plot were measured for height and diameter at breast height, which were used to calculate the biomass following an allometric equation. There were 65 trees species in the area; the most dominant trees were Acacia auriculiformis, Dipterocarpus turbinatus, Gmelia arborea, Lagerstroemioa speciosa, Swieteni macrophylla and Tectona grandis. Biomass and carbon stocks per tree of these species varied among themselves and with age. The average increment rates in biomass of these species indicated their relative potentials of fixing carbon. However, biomass and carbon stocks of these corresponding tree species were 35.03, 73.86, 23.52, 30.16, 44.49, and 42.67 mg ha-1 .Mean values of aboveground, belowground and total tree biomass were 37.41, 3.86 and 41.27 Mg ha-1 respectively. However, biomass values of some of the trees species differed significantly higher biomass than others; G.arborea and L.speciosa were similar but differed from the rest of the tree species. Again, the highest carbon stock per tree was in D.turbinatus -0.37 Mg C tree-1, followed by S.macrophylla -0.23 Mg C tree-1 and T.grandis -0.21 Mg C tree-1.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Achard F., Eva H.D., Mayaux P., Stibig H. J. and Belward A.(2004).Improved estimates of net carbon emission s from land cover change in the tropics for the 1990s.Glob Biogeochem Cycles, 18:1029-1042. ADB (Asian Development Bank) (2001) .Chittagong Hill Tracts Region Development Plan. Final Report No.3: Agriculture and Marketing in the CHT.ADB TA No.3328.Rangamati.
Literature cited 2: Asadozzaman Nur, Rajasree Nandi, Mohammed Jashimuddin and Mohammed Akheter Hossain (2016) Tree species composition and regeneration status of Shitalpur Forest beat under Chittagong North Forest Division, Bangladesh. Advances in Ecology, Volume .2016, Article id 5947874, 7 pages. Baker T.R., Phillips O.L., Malhi Y., Almeida S., Arroyo L., Di Fiore A., Erwin T., Kileen T.J., Laurence S.G., Lurence W.F., Lewis S.L., Lloyd J., Monteagudo A., Neill D.A., Patino S., Pitman N.C.A., Silva J.N.M and Vasquez Martinez R.(2004).Variation in wood density determines spatial patterns in Amazonian forest biomass. Global Change Biol., 10:1-18.

ID: 63593
Title: Wood specific Gravity of Temperate Forest species of Garhwal Himalaya, India
Author: Subhasis Mahato, Kaiser Iqbal, Showkat Aziem, Aatif Hussain, Dharamveer, Sabyasachi Dasgupta and N.P. Todaria
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (11) 1035- 1038 (2019)
Subject: Wood specific Gravity of Temperate Forest species of Garhwal Himalaya, India
Keywords: Stem core, Temperate species, Uttarakhand Himalaya, Wood Specific gravity
Abstract: One of the parameters for terrestrial biomass estimation is specific gravity of the woody species. Present study reports wood specific gravity of 26 species. Maximum moisture content method was used to calculate specific gravity. Specific gravity of eight species (8) was found between 0.71-0.80, seven species between (0.61-0.70) and specific gravity of 0.31-0.40 was recorded for only one species .Out of 26 species, Cedrus deodara has the highest specific gravity and the lowest value was recorded for Robus ellipticus.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Baker T.R., Phillips L.O., Malhi Y., Almeida S., Arroyo L., Difiore A., Erwin T., Killeen J.T., Laurance G.S., Laurance F.W., Lewis L.S., Lloyd J., Monteagudo A., Neill A.D., Patino S., Pilan A.C.M., Silva M.N.J. and Martinez V.R. (2004) .Variation in wood density determines spatial patterns in Amazonian forest biomass. Global Change Biology.10:545-562. Bhatt B.P. and Todaria N.P. (1990) .Fuelwood characteristics of some mountain trees and shrub, Biomass, 21:233-238.
Literature cited 2: Bhatt B.P. and Todaria N.P. (1992) .Firewood characteristics of some mountain trees and shrub, Commonwealth Forestry Review, 71 (314): 183-185. Bhatt B.P. and Todaria N.P. (1992) .Fuelwood characteristics of some Indian mountain species. Forest Ecology and Management, 47: 363-366.

ID: 63592
Title: A Glimpse in to Forest Research in Tamil Nadu Forest Department over a Century
Author: S. Balaji
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (11) 1027- 1034 (2019)
Subject: A Glimpse in to Forest Research in Tamil Nadu Forest Department over a Century
Keywords: Forest Research, Evolution of organization, Research priorities, Future portends
Abstract: Tamil Nadu Forest Research wing celebrates its centenary this year. On this occasion, this paper briefly reviews the evolution of the State Forest Research Institute over the years in terms of its organization and research priorities. The focus of research evolved from developing nursery technology for forestry species and developing volume tables to evaluating different fast-growing exotics like Eucalyptus and wattle to promote industrial forestry in sixties and seventies. Subsequently, raising of Acacias under Social forestry and multiple use species under Joint Forest Management project in eighties and nineties had built in research component to support them. The current priorities for biodiversity conservation and bio-productivity enhancement are discussed. The future challenges and organizational reforms required for improving the quality of research and sustaining the continuity of personnel to achieve better delivery are discussed toward the end.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Anon (1921) .Silvicultural Research in Madras Presidency 1919-20 prepared by Rao Sahib Venkatramana Ayyar, Extra Deputy Conservator of Forest Research Officer, Madras Forest Bulletin No.1 Anon., (1924) .Silvicultural Research in Madras Presidency 1922-23 prepared by J.M.Sweet, Deputy Conservator of Forest and Forest Research Officer, Madras Forest Bulletin.
Literature cited 2: Anon., (1949) .Forest Research in India during 1947-48, FRI, Dehradun Anon. (1962) .A bridged Annual Report on Silvicultural Research in Madras State for the year 1959-60 prepared by Sri A.Yegnaswami, State Silviculturist, and Government of Madras.

ID: 63591
Title: The Economic Value of Forests: An Analysis of the Provisioning Services of Laokhowa and Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuaries of Assam, India
Author: Kulen Chandra Das and Mrinal Kanti Dutta
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (10) 998-1006 (2019)
Subject: The Economic Value of Forests
Keywords: Economic valuation, Environmental services, Missing Market, Ecosystem services (ESS), Anthropogenic pressure
Abstract: Economic valuation is a process of ascribing monetary values to the unquantifiable social and environmental services of the eco-system. The need for valuation arises since the intangible services of an ecosystem are not taken into account while making environmental decision making leading thereby to missing markets and eventually to their exploitation and loss. This paper seeks to estimate values of provisioning services of the forest ecosystem of Laokhowa and Burchapori wildlife Sanctuaries of Assam in North East India. Once good repositories of floral and faunal diversity the sanctuaries suffered huge setback during eighties of the last century and presently grappling for survival due to huge anthropogenic pressures. Using primary data from 302 fringe households, the study identifies nine important provisioning services harvested by the fringe people. Besides providing nutritional security, these services fulfil occasional cash shortage of the collectors. Using market price method, this paper quantifies the value of the provisioning services both the sanctuaries together to be Rs 8.7 million. The paper further attempts to estimate the per hectare value of the sanctuaries on account of the provisioning services, including grazing, and finds it to be worth Rs 7685.6 ($106).
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Adepoju A.A. and Salau A.S. (2007) .Economic Valuation of Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs) .MPRA paper 2689.Available at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/2689. Angelsen A., Jagger P., Babigumira R.,Belcher B., Hogarth N.J. Bauch S., Borner J., Smith-Hall C. And Wunder S. (2014) .Environmental Income and Rural Livelihood: A global Comparative Analysis .World Development, 64: 12-28.
Literature cited 2: Appasamy P. (1993) .Role of non-timber forest products in a susbsistence economy: the case of a joint forestry project in India. Economic Botany, 47:258-267. Belcher B., Achdiawan R. and Dewi S. (2015) .Forest –Based Livelihoods Strategies Conditioned by Market Remoteness and Forest Proximity in Jharkhand, India. World Development, 66: 269-279.

ID: 63590
Title: Conservation Status of the Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus (Aves: Galliformes: Phasianidae) in Bangalore University Campus, Bengaluru, Kanataka, India
Author: S.Rajashekara, N.Ananda, S.Amulya, M.Bhagyashree, Najma Khanam, Y.Pratibha, Shahista Imraz, R.S. Sowmyashree, V.Hamsa Rekha, D.S.Vijayalakshmi and M.G.Venkatesha
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (10) 992- 997 (2019)
Subject: Conservation Status of the Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
Keywords: Abundance, Indian Pea fowls, Conservation methods, Nesting trees.
Abstract: The Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus was abundant in Bangalore University Campus (BUC) during 1970-80.However, the peafowl population declined alarmingly in the BUC region after 1990.The present paper deals with the abundance, sex ratio of peafowls and their conservation methods in the Biodiversity Park (Bio-Park) of BUC, which had been established in 2006.A total of 117 peafowls was recorded in the BUC region in which the females outnumbered the males. The increased abundance of the peafowl population in the campus could be mainly due to the availability of suitable roosting, foraging and nesting sites. The peafowls have used 18 species of plants and trees for perching and roosting in BUC. The peafowl population increased in the BUC region due to habitat rejuvenation and protection, availability of food sources and breeding/nesting sites. The results of the present investigation constitute the baseline data for the further understanding of the ecological community of national bird in the protected habitats as hotspots for biodiversity of urban ecosystem. Conservation of microhabitats through the proper restoration of ponds, streams and water check-dams including vegetation in the BUC is responsible for the existence of peafowl population.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Ajay G.A. (2010) .Studies on the ecology and conservation strategies for Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus in some selected areas of Karnataka. Ph.D. thesis, Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in applied Zoology, Kuvempu University, Shimoga. iv+149 pp. Ali S (2012) .The Book of Indian Birds. Salim Ali Centenary edition. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai and Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
Literature cited 2: Ali S. and Ripley, S.D. (1983).A pictorical guide to the birds of the Indian subcontinent.1st edition. Oxford University Press, New Delhi. Ali S. and Ripley S.D. (1987).Compact Handbook of the Birds of Indi and Pakistan together with those of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Srilanka.2nd edition. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai: xiii+737 pp.

ID: 63589
Title: Man-Wildlife Conflict due to Agriculture Practice in The Fringe Areas of Little Rann of Kachchh (LRK), Gujarat, India
Author: Darpak Joshi, Ketan Tatu, Jigar D. Joshi and R.D. Kamboj
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (10) 986- 991 (2019)
Subject: Man-Wildlife Conflict due to Agriculture Practice in The Fringe Areas of Little Rann of Kachchh (LRK), Gujarat, India
Keywords: Cropland, Fringes, Indian Wild Ass, Little Rann of Kachchh, Man-wildlife conflict.
Abstract: Rural or tribal communities and wildlife in different parts of country have a long history of co-existence with variable types and intensity of Man-wildlife interaction. In the past, intensity of Man-wildlife competitive interaction for common resources might have been less due to low human population. In turn, ample space to inhabit and sufficient life supporting resources were available for man and wildlife. Thus, in the past there might be a limited confrontation between man and wild animals for daily life requisites like land, food and water. However, the present time-frame, due to ever-increasing human population land utilization and natural resource exploitation by man has increased to substantial levels. In turn, the present era, chances of confrontation between rural/tribal communities and wildlife sharing the sample localities for avialble natural resources have increased in various parts of the country including those in Gujarat state. Existence of high population of human beings and their livestock and good population of a variety of wild ungulates and predators in a landscape such as the Little Rann of Kachchh (LRK), often lead to Man-wildlife friction which furthergive rise to undesirable effects on social, economic and cultural life man and conservation of wildlife. An attempt is made through the present study to assess this scenario in the context of man-wildlife interaction due to crops, which constitute a natural resource shared by man and Wild Ass in the fridge areas of LRK.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Dave C.V. (2010) .Understanding conflicts and conservation of Indian wild ass around Little Rann of Kachchh, Gujarat, India. Final Technical report submitted to Rufford Small Grant Program, UK. GEER Foundation (2017) .Conservation Mapping of Little Rann of Kachchh Landscape under Biodiversity Conservation in Rural Livelihood Improvement Project (BCRLIP).Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation,Gandhinagar,Gujarat,India.622 pp.
Literature cited 2: Gee E.P. (1963) The Indian Wild Ass: A survey .J. Bombay Natural History Society, 60 (3): 517-529. Gordon I.J (2009).What is the future for wild, large herbivores in human-modified agricultural landscapes? Wildlife Biology, 15 (1): 1-9.