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ID: 63543
Title: Valuation of Non-timber Forest products collected by Forest dwellers of Surat forest circle of Gujarat state, India
Author: Rajkumar Yadav, Sweta Rajpurohit 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 (6) 578- 583 (2019)
Subject: Valuation of Non-timber Forest products collected by Forest dwellers of Surat forest circle of Gujarat state, India
Keywords: SFC, Gujarat, NTFPs, Valuation, Forest dwellers
Abstract: In this study, an attempt has been made to estimate monetary value realized by local communities from non-timber forest products (NTFPs) collection from the protected forest of Surat Forest Circle (SFC) of Gujarat state. The study is based on survey of 10% households in the identified 10% forest villages s per stratified random sampling. The selection of forest village was done in the four different forest division of SFC. During the study a total of 26 (25 plant products and 1 insect product) types of NTFPs have been found in the SFC. The findings show that about Rs 307.4 million/annum monetary value is realised from these 26 types of NTFPS. The maximum economic value was realised in the VFD (41.9 %) followed by SFD (29.7%),NFD (25 %) and BFD (3.5 %) .Furthermore, the NTFPs value has been calculated on the per hectare basis and is estimated to be Rs 2086.0/annum, Rs 1417.2/annum, Rs 1359.5/annum and Rs 452.5/annum for SFD, NFD, VFD and BFD, respectively. The analysis also showed that per capita and per household’s monetary value varied in the all forest divisions. The study revealed that the NTFPs benefits contribute remarkably for the forest dwellers of different forest divisions in SFC.
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Literature cited 1: Bhat S.A. (2012).Extraction pattern of non timber forest products and its effects on regeneration of important tree species in Achanakmar Amarkantak Biospehere Reserve, PhD thesis, Guru Ghasidas Vishwvidalaya, Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Environmental Sciences, Bilashpur, 230 pp. Champion H.G. and Setth S.K. (1968).A revised forest types of India Manager of Publications, Government of India, Delhi, 404pp.
Literature cited 2: FAO (2014, January 17).Food and agriculture organization of the united nation. Retrieved from www.fao.org:www.fao.org/forestry/nwfp/6388/en Gavil R.V. (2008).Socioeconomic review Gujarat state (2007-2008), Directorate of economics and statistics. Gandhinagar: Government of Gujarat, 108pp.

ID: 63542
Title: Utilization of Edible Wild Plants as Supplementary Source of Nutrition by Indigenous Communities in Kinnaur District, Himachal Pradesh, India
Author: Joginder Singh, A.Rajasekaran, A.K.Negi and S.P. Negi
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (6) 556- 560 (2019)
Subject: Enumeration of Flora in and around Palak Wetland, Mizoram
Keywords: Edible wild plants, Supplementary nutrition, Documentation, Most used, Conservation, Value added products.
Abstract: This study documents a total of 168 edible wild plant species belonging to sixty five families and 113 genera, utilized as a source of supplementary nutrition by the indigeneous communities of the Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh. Of these, 150 species are angiosperms, four gymnosperms, two pteridophytes and twelve fungi. These plants were reported as edible by 279 informants of different age groups of both genders. Rosaceae was recorded as the most dominant family with twenty three edible wild plant species followed by Polygonaceae, Brassicaceae, steraceae and others. Herbs shared maximum growth form followed by shrubs, trees and climbers. Fruits parts were used maximum followed by tender leaves, seeds, under-ground pars, etc. Wild plant species reported as edible by maximum number of informants were listed as most used plants. Prunus cornuta was the most used plant followed by Hippophae salicifolia, Fragaria vesca, Elaegnus parvifolia, etc. It has been observed that knowledge about the edibility of many wild plants is diminishing among young generations. Therefore, it is suggested that large scale awareness programmes on edible wild plants should be initiated. Paper highlights the need to prioritize important commercially potential species for conservation, domestication and development of valued added economic products.
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Literature cited 1: Angami A., Gajurel P.R., Rethy P., Singh B. And Kalita S.K. (2006).Status and potential of wild edible plants of Arunachal Pradesh .Indian J. Traditional Knowledge, 5 (4): 541-550. Atal C.K., Sharma B.M. and Bhatia A.K. (1980). Search of emergency fruits through wild flora of Jammu and Kashmir State, Sunderbani area-1. Indina Forester, 106 (3):211-219.
Literature cited 2: Ballabh B., Chaurasia O.P., Pande P.C. and Ahmad Z. (2007).Raw edible plants of cold desert Ladakh. Indian J. Traditional Knowledge, 61 (1):182-18. Balokhra J.M. (1998) .The wonderland Himachal Pradesh, H G Publication, New Delhi, pp.210-230.

ID: 63541
Title: Enumeration of Flora in and around Palak Wetland, Mizoram
Author: Lalmuansangi and H.LalRamnghinglova
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (6) 556- 560 (2019)
Subject: Enumeration of Flora in and around Palak Wetland, Mizoram
Keywords: Wetland, Flora, Palak Lake
Abstract: Palak Lake is situated in the remote region of Mara Autonomous district about 397 km away from Aizawl and 97 km from district capital Saiha. It is nationally recognized wetland by National Wetland Conservation Programme. There is limited data in documentation of status of wetland flora in Mizoram, hence, the present study was taken up during 2013-2015.Wetlands are the transitional zone between dry land and aquatic ecosystem in which both the terrestrial and aquatic organisms can be present. Palak Lake is unique and pristine in nature which is fairly rich in flora and fauna. The area is dominated by Dipterocarpus turbinatus.
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Literature cited 1: Birand A. And Pawar S. (2001).A survey of birds in Northeast India. Final Report, Centre for Ecological Research and Conservation, Mysore, India. Cronk J.K. and Fennessy M.S. (2001).Wetland Plants: Biology and Ecology, Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton London, 24pp
Literature cited 2: Lalramnghinglova H., Lalnuntluanga and Jha L.K. (2006).Notes on Ngengpui and Palak Wildlife Sanctuaries in South Mizoram. Indian Forester, 132 (10): 1282-1292. MacKenzie W.H. and Banner A. (2001).A Classification Framework for Wetlands and Related Ecosystems in British Columbia: A third Approximation.

ID: 63540
Title: Genetic analysis for wood parameters in full-sib Seedling Progeny Clones of Populus deltoids
Author: Vidisha Kandpal, P.K.Pande and R.C. Dhiman
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (6) 549- 555 (2019)
Subject: Genetic analysis for wood parameters in full-sib Seedling Progeny Clones of Populus deltoids
Keywords: Populus deltodides; Fibre length, Wood traits; Heritability.
Abstract: The present study deals with the intra-ramet radial, Inter-individual and inter-individual and inter-progeny variations in wood anatomical traits and specific gravity of Populus deltoids clones raised from twelve full-sib progenies collected from Gadariyabag, Kicha (Udam Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand) India. The genetic analysis of wood traits viz., fibre dimension, vessel element dimensions and specific gravity was also performed. Full-sib progenies showed significant variations for all the parameters studied. Intra-ramet radial variations for all the parameters studied. Intra-ramet radial variations and inter-individual variations were significant for all the parameters studied. Broad sense heritability (H2) for wood traits ranged from 0.41 (vessel element diameter) to 0.90 (fibre wall thickness).Other wood traits namely fibre length showed the heritability values as .59, 0.65, 0.53 and 0.69 respectively. Specific gravity showed the broad sense heritability 0.21. Positivegenetic gain and genetic advances showed the possibility of improvement of species for wood traits. All the individuals for full-sib progenies were clustered into five clusters at 6 rescaled distance cluster combine. Individual number 51 of (WSL-A/49 x WSL-A/26) showed higher values for most of the wood traits, Amy well be used in tree improvement programs of the species.
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Literature cited 1: Ahsan M.Z., Majidano M.S., Bhutto H., Soomro A.W., Panhwar F.H. ,Channa A. R. and Sial K.B. (2015) Genetic Variability ,Coefficient of Variance, Heritability and Genetic Advance of Some Gossypium hirsutum L.Accessions.J.Agricultural Science, 7 (2): 147-151. Bibi T., Raufi S., Mahmood T., Haider Z., and Salah D. (2016) Genetic Variability and Heritability Studies in Relation to Seed Yield and its Component Trait in Mustard (Brassica Juncea L.) Academia J. Agricultural Research, 4 (8):478-482.
Literature cited 2: Burton G.W., (1952) Quantitative inheritance in grass. In 6th International Grassland Congress .Part1: 478-482. Burton G.W., (1952) Quantitative inheritance in grass. In 6th International Grassland Congress. Part 1: 277-283.

ID: 63539
Title: Screening of Superior Genotypes of Ailanthus triphysa (Dennst).Alston (Matti) for Matchwood Quality
Author: J.K.Das, E.V.Anoop, K. Vidyasagaran, A.V.Santhosh Kumar and T.K.Kunhamu
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (6) 544- 548 (2019)
Subject: Screening of Superior Genotypes of Ailanthus triphysa
Keywords: Progenies, CPTs, AA. Triphysa
Abstract: Growth parameters viz., height, collar girth, stem volume, survival percentage and bole straightness of the progenies of twenty different Candidate Plus Trees (CPTs) was studied. The experimental trial was located at the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) main campus near Aramkal, Thrissur, Kerala, India. The field observations were carried out after 16 months of field planting. The variation in bole straightness was found to be significant among the progenies whereas height, collar girth, stem volume did not show any significant variation. Survival percentage of the progenies ranged between 84.61% to 100.00 % after 22 months of planting.
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Literature cited 1: Bulgannawar G.N. and Math B.B.M. (1991) .The role of Acacia auriculiformis in afforestation in Karnataka, India. In: Proceeding: Workshop on Advance in tropical Acacia research, Bangkok, Thailand, ACIAR, Canberra, 110-115 pp. Deka, J., Yumnam J.Y., Mahanta P. and Tripathi O.P. (2015).Improvement in Estimation of Above Ground Biomass of Albizia lebbeck using Fraction Reflectance of Landsat TM Data.Int.J.Plant Environ., 1 (1):99-105.
Literature cited 2: Dhiman R.C., and Dhiman D. (2015).Quantification of wood wastage in mechanized match manufacturing .Int. J. Eng. Tech. Res., 3 (2):51-57. Hegde R., Sreekantaih G.N. and Karki M.R. (2009).Field manual on clonal forestry

ID: 63538
Title: Assessment of Genetic Diversity and Differentiation in Calamus flagellum an Economically Important Rattan Species of North East Himalayas
Author: Rajendra K. Meena, Hansraj, Pratibha Sharma, Shanti, Maneesh S. Bhandari and Harish 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 (6) 535- 543 (2019)
Subject: Assessment of Genetic Diversity and Differentiation in Calamus flagellum
Keywords: Calmus flagellum, Genetic diversity, Genetic differentialtion, ISSR markers, Population structure, Rattans.
Abstract: India is endowed with vast biodiversity of rattan palms and key contributor to the livelihood of forest dwelling communities. The demand of the rattan resources is substantial but most of the raw material is being collected from a natural stands, and therefore there is tremendous pressure on natural populations existed in reserve forests. The present study has been conducted to develop knowledge base on genetic diversity, differentiation and population structure of natural stands of Calamus flagellum in North East Himalayas using Inter Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) markers. A total of 204 bands were obtained in 51 individuals of C.flagellum when subjected to PCR amplification with 10 ISSR primers. Each primer was highly polymorphic producing 13 to 28 fragments across the genotypes. Relatively higher genetic diversity (I=0.369) with a moderate level of genetic differentiation (GST=0.248; PhiPT =0.289) were recorded. Analysis of molecular variance revealed that large proportion of the genetic variation (71%) was confined among the individuals within populations. UPGMA dendrogram, Principal Coordinate Analysis and STRUCTURE analysis revealed that two ancestral groups captured the entire divisions of the sample. The data generated is of importance in devising programs for species conservation, management and improvement.
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Literature cited 1: Asra R., Syamsuardi, Mansyurdin and Witono J.R. (2014).The study of genetic diversity of Daemonorops draco (Palmae) using ISSR markers, Biodiversitas, 15 (2) :109-114. Doyle J.J. and Doyle J.L.(1987).A rapid DNA isolation procedure for small quantities of fresh leaf material. Phytochemical Bulletin, 19:11-15.
Literature cited 2: Dransfield G., Regnaur S. and Goudet J. (2005).Detecting the number of clusters of individuals using the software STRUCTURE: a simulation study. Molecular Biology, 14 (8):2611-2620. Govaerts R., Dransfield J., Zona S., Hodel D.R. and Henderson A. (2014). World Checklist of Aracaceae (The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). Available from: http: apps.kew.org/wcsp.

ID: 63537
Title: Regeneration Potentials of Native Tree Species Diversity in Himachari National Park (HNP), Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Author: Saddam Hossen, Mohammed Kamal Hossain and Mohammad Fahim Uddin
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (6) 528- 534 (2019)
Subject: Regeneration Potentials of Native Tree Species Diversity in Himachari National Park (HNP), Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Keywords: Regeneration, Importance value index, Biological Diversity, Native tree.
Abstract: Natural regeneration status of native tree species of Himachari National Park (HNP) was assessed through stratified random sampling method during January 2017 to May 2018.For regeneration study, about 51 subplots (5 x5m) were taken at the centre of each of the 51 sample quadrats (20 m x 20m).A total of 760 seeedlings of 41 species under 21 families were recorded in HNP. About 57.14% (12 families) were families represented by only one species and 14 % (3) by more than two species. Highest (14.34%) family relative density was represented by Myrtaceae family followed by Dipterocarpaceae (12.37 %) family. Family elative diversity was also found maximum (12.12%) for each Myrtaceae and Moraceae family followed by Mimosaceae (9.76 %) family. Maximum (26.54) FGIV index was found for Myrtaceae followed by Mimosaceae (21.99).The highest number of seedlings was accounted for Grewia nervosa 12.37% (94) followed by Acacia auriculiformis 8.95 % (68).The maximum IVI of regenerated seedlings was found for Grewia nervosa (26.43) followed by Acacia auriculiformis (20.27).Different biological diversity indices such as species diversity index, Shanon-Wiener’s diversity index, Shanon’s maximum diversity index, species evenness index, Margalef’s diversity index and Simpson’s diversity index were ,Margalef’s diversity index and Simpson’s diversity index were 0.054, 3.166, 3.714, 0.853, 6.03 and 0.057 respectively.
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Literature cited 1: Altrell D., Saket M., Lyckeback L., Pizaaz M., Ahmad I.U., Banik H., Hossain M.A.A and Chowdhury R.M. (2007).National forest and tree resources assessment 2005-2007.Bangladesh Forest Department ,Ministry of Environment and Forest: Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization, Ministry of Defence and Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, pp.192. Barnes B.V., Zak D.R., Denton S.R., and Spurr .S.H. (1998). Forest ecology.4th ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, pp792.
Literature cited 2: Barua S.P., Khan M.M.H. and Reza A.H.M.A. (2001) The Status of Alien Invasive species in Bangladesh and their impact on the ecosystem .In: Alien Invasive Species-Report of workshop on Alien Invasive Species (P.Balakrishna (eds)., Colombo, Srilanka: IUCN Regional Biodiversity Programme of Asia, pp 1-7. Canon C.H., Peart D.R. and Leighton M. (1998). Tree species diversity in commercially logged bornean rain forest. Science, 28:1366-1368

ID: 63536
Title: Need for a Novel Paradigm in Forestry Research: Perspectives of Comparative Atmospheric Cooling Effect by Different Forestry Tree Species.
Author: S.K. Gupta, Hukum Singh and Jeet Ram
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (6) 521- 527 (2019)
Subject: Need for a Novel Paradigm in Forestry Research
Keywords: Climate change, Atmospheric temperatue, differential cooling, Leaf area index, Tree crown, Transpiration
Abstract: Trees and forests are a vital component of ecology and the environment. Planting trees are commonly practiced for modulating the environment such as producing shade and cooling as well as reducing air and noise pollution. Different tree species create microclimate under their crowns in comparison to the outside ambient atmosphere with qualitative variations depending upon their structural and anatomical features of leaves in the crown along with their physiological performances. Cooling produced by tree species may be viewed in two aspects viz. local cooling and environment cooling. For local cooling, a leaf may be considered as a thin plate having a certain absorbance to radiant heat .On the other hand, trees soak greenhouse gases present in the atmosphere and modulate the environment. The present article proposes to consider both structural and physiological factors and categorize species according to their effectiveness in producing coolness in the atmosphere. Science, including plant science, is not static and constantly applies new concepts to discover unrevealed facts.
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Literature cited 1: Abdel-Aziz D.M. (2014) .Effects of tree shading on building energy consumption. J. Architectural engineering Technology, 3: 135. Bassham J.A. and Buchanan B.B. (1982). Carbon dioxide fixation pathways in plants and bacteria. In: Photosynthesis: Development, Carbon Metabolism, AND Plant Productivity Volume II (Ed.Govindjee), Academic Press, New York, London, Paris, San Diego, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, 141-189 pp.
Literature cited 2: Bhaskar V. (1991).Eco-physiological studies in Eucalyptus hybrid (Mysore gum) with particular reference to dryland region.In: Effects of Growing Eucalyptus (Singhal, R.M. and Rawat, J.K.Eds). Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, 166-168 pp. Bonana G. (2008).Ecological climatology, Second ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

ID: 63535
Title: Controlling illicit Teak Smuggling across the State Border through (Multipronged Strategy-A case Study of Sironcha Forest Division, Maharashtra, India
Author: Prabhu Nath Shukla and Virendra Kumar Mishra
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (6) 513- 520 (2019)
Subject: Controlling illicit Teak Smuggling across the State Border through (Multipronged Strategy-A case Study of Sironcha Forest Division, Maharashtra, India
Keywords: Teak, Timber, Smuggling, Forest
Abstract: Sironcha forest division located in Maharashtra State, India suffers from interstate illicit teak smuggling. Share of the Sironcha in State’s total revenue loss due to this activity was 50.8 % during 2011.Devising strategies at local level shied the dynamics in favour of forest department which resulted into drastic reduction in the timber smuggling (~75 %) during 2014 compared to 2011.Pressure over smugglers resulted into surrender of 312 smugglers during 2014.Teak seized from Godavari and Pranhita river bank was 105.76 m3 during 2014 which came to 4.18 m3 in 2015.Besides , the decrease was ~88 % and ~95 % in Sironcha and Asarali forest areas, respectively. During 2015, no such offence was registered in 12 villages. Besides, no case of case of attack of smugglers over forest staff was reported during 2015.It suggests that if multipronged strategy is devised, timber smuggling across the state border can be tackled.
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Literature cited 1: Callister D.J. (1999) .Corrupt and Illegal activities in the Forestry Sector. World Bank Discussion Paper, May 1999. Champion H.G. and Seth S.K. (1968).A revised Survey of Forest Types of India, Government of India Press, New Delhi
Literature cited 2: Deotale S. (2013) .Deotale committee Report, Government of Maharashtra Economic Survey (2017). Ministry of Finance & Government of India, ISBN: 9780199477661.

ID: 63534
Title: Forest cover change over Chotanagpur-An empirical approach on periodic sequence
Author: Richa N.K.Sharma, Ashok K.Pandey and Govind P.Sharma
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (6) 501- 512 (2019)
Subject: Forest cover change over Chotanagpur-An empirical approach on periodic sequence
Keywords: Chotanagpur Plateau/Plateaux, Periodic-spans/-ends, Forest-cover, Satellite images, Principal, Principal component Analysis, Supervised Classification, FSI (Forest Survey of India) ,ISFR (India State of Forest Report) ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) ,LS (Le
Abstract: Chotanagpur, like any other terrain, has been an area of special interest for the forestry and forest management at large. Present study is an attempt to ascertain and analyze (1) the wide-scale variations in the district-level forest-cover (FC) that exists here (ii) trends of such changes occurring in each of the eighteen districts, this plateau is composed of , in the last almost three decades. It is a study conducted over the two successive periodic-spans (1989-2010 and 2010-17) , involving three periodic-ends (viz. 1989, 2010 an 2017).Bi-sectional forest classification, based on its crown-density (≥40 % being taken as dense and ≤40% as open) , has been adopted in forest –cover assessment. Grossly, the open-forest cover (OFC) has found to remain at 17 % all through. The dense one (DFC) was reduced by 2% during the first periodic-span (from 18 % in 1989 to 16 % in 2010) , only to regain its 18 % lev3l during the second. Thus the cumulative total forest-cover (TFC) was maintained at 35 % in both 1989 and 2917, with a drop of 2% in 2010 to 33%. At district-level, however, variations had a wide range for TFC being as high as 59 % in Chatra (with 53% DFC and merely 6 % OFC) at the one hand and as merge as only 8 % in Dhanbad (with 3 % DFC and 5 % OFC) at the other, in 2017.Two classes and four categories of districts have emerged while scrutinizing the trends of changes bearing certain distinguished sets of characteristics and district forest-density features. The results largely match, at the aggregate level, with the contemporary ISFRs of FSI. ANOVA table for the percentage forest-cover area2 shows highly significant variation due to districts. Sequels to the same, their district-wise mean values have also been derived. When they are compared to the corresponding LSD, the districts are seen forming three groups for TFC-first having the higher mean percent area of forest coverage, second having the lower mean percent area of forest coverage and third having the mid-range mean percent area of forest coverage. Latehar, Chatra and Khunti fall in the first group and Giridih and Dhanbad in the second group, while all the remaining districts are to be put into the third group.
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Literature cited 1: Ahmad E. (1965).Bihar: Physical, Economic, Regional Geography, Ranchi University Press, Ranchi: pp.23 Anon (1991).India State of Forest Report, Forest Survey of India, Dehradun: pp45-63.
Literature cited 2: Anon (2011).India State of Forest Report, Forest Survey of India, Dehradun: pp.148-152. Anon (2017).India State of Forest Report, Forest Survey of India, Dehradun: pp 2016-211.

ID: 63533
Title: A Note on the Reproductive consequence of fruit feeding in Mallotus philippensis (Lam) M.Arg.
Author: Krishna Kumar Rawat, Dayanidhi Gupta and Kanak Sahai
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (5) 481- 486 (2019)
Subject: A Note on the Reproductive consequence of fruit feeding in Mallotus philippensis
Keywords: Physopelta schlanbuschii, Physopelta gutta; Cantao ocellatus, Aconophora
Abstract: Insect feeding of ripening fruits and seeds prior to dispersal creates massive losses in reproductive success in many plants species. Mallotus phillipensis, an economically and medicinally important plant species is very prone to pathogen and infestation. The developing and mature fruits of Mallotus phillipensis were attacked by a variety of herbivore insect that damage fruit and seed yield. The aim of the study is to determine the influence of insect feeding on the reproductive success of Mallotus phillipensis by studying the injury pattern caused by insect feeding and its ultimate damage to the fruit and seeds. The study was conducted in three consecutive years from 2014 to 2016.Various insect feeders were collected and identified .Two feeding guide were observed ; one that preferably fed on the developing and mature fruits, i.e. Cantao ocellatus Thunberg, Physopelta gutta Burmeister and Physopelta schlanbuschii fabricius; and others that were present on the young vegetative parts of Fabricius; and others that were present on the young vegetative parts of the tree like shoot, petiole and foliage, i.e. mealy bugs, Aconophora and caterpillars of unidentified insect taxa. The most frequent insect feeder was identified as Physopelta schlanbuschii. Feeding is one of the major threats to the reproductive success of Mallotus philippensis growing in the tropical moist deciduous forest of India.
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Literature cited 1: Ahmad I. and Schaefer C.W. (1987).Food plant and feeding biology of the Pyrrhocoroidea (Hemiptera) .Phytophaga, 1: 75-92. Anderson A.N. (1988).Insect seed predators may cause far greater losses than they appear to Oikos, 52 (3): 337-340.
Literature cited 2: Arfan M., Amin H., Karamac M., Kosinska A., Wiczkowski W. And Amarowica R. (2009) .Antioxidant activity of phenolic fractions of Mallotus phillippensis bark extract. Czech. J. Food. Sci., 27 (2):109-117. Ayyar T.V.R. (1920).Notes of the life history y of Cantao Ocellatus Th. Report of the Proceeding of the third Entomological Meeting held at Pusa, 3-15 Feb, 1919.Vol.III.Supritendent Government Printing, Calcutta, India 910-914 pp.

ID: 63532
Title: Medicinal Plants recorded from Pine Forest of East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya
Author: Sierra Rebecca Hynniewta, Atkhokpam Pinokiyo, H.Suchitra Devi and Meena Elangbam
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (5) 477- 480 (2019)
Subject: Medicinal Plants recorded from Pine Forest of East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya
Keywords: Khasi Hills, Medicinal Plants, Pine Forest
Abstract: A total of 27 plant species have been collected and identified with their local names and local medicinal uses from Pine Forests of East Khasi Hills district Meghalaya. These are represented by 16 families viz., Asteraceae with 7 spp., Rosaceae with 3 spp., Rubiaceae with 3 spp., Lamiaceae with 2 spp. and Anacardiaceae, Apiaceae, Commelinaceae, Cyperaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Malvaceae, Melastomataceae, Smilacaceae, Plantaginaceae, Polygonaceae, Verbenaceae with 1 sp. Each .These plants could be used for introduction new pine forest plantations.
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Literature cited 1: Champion H.G. and Seth S.K. (1968).A revised Survey of Forest Types of India. Manager of Publicaions, Governmental of India, New Delhi. Hooker J.D. (1872-97). Flora of British India.Vols.1-7. London
Literature cited 2: Kanjilal U.N., Kanjilal P.C. and Bor N.L. (1934-40).Flora of Assam.Vol.1-V.Shillong Roy P.S.,Kushwaha S.P.S., Murthy M.S.R., Roy A., Kushwaha D.,Reddy C.S., Behera M.D., ,Mathur V.B., (2012).Biodiversity Characterisation at Landscape Level: National Assessment. Indian Institute of Remote Sensing. Dehradun, India, ISBN 81-901418-8-0.141 pp.

ID: 63531
Title: Impact of grading on quality seedling production in Swietenia macrophylla King
Author: Nitin V. Patel
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (5) 472- 476 (2019)
Subject: Impact of grading on quality seedling production in Swietenia macrophylla King
Keywords: Big leaf Mahogany; Plant percent, Quality Planting stock, Seedling grading
Abstract: An experiment was carried out to know the impact of grading on quality seedling production in Swietenia macrophylla King. The seeds (seed rate 1761 seeds kg-1) were collected from middle to mature age mother trees (15 to 18 years) from Arsikere Forest Range (Karnataka) were sowed in raised mother bed and from these 1374 seedlings were obtained with plant percent 78.02 %.The 51 days old seedlings were graded in three grades G1 (>21 cm), G2 (18 to 21 cm) and G3 (<18 cm) based on seedling height. There were seven replications for each grade (treatment) and each replication contained 30 seedlings. The different growth parameters were recorded with two months interval until the six months growth of seedlings. The grade G, remained superior to other grades in all recorded parameters. The outcome noticeably displayed that G1 recorded the highest biometric parameters viz., shot length (50.53 cm), root length (40.23 cm) , total plant length (90.76 cm) , collar diameter (0.517 cm), number of leaflets (21.03) shoot dry weight (2.4706 g seedling) root dry weight (1.7804 g seedling-1) total dry matter production of plant (4.2510 g seedling) , root/shoot ratio (0.7207) and quality traits like sturdiness quotient (9.79), quality index (0.3812) and volume index (13.55) at 180 DAT. Hence it is confirmed that seedling grading is worthy to produce quality planting stock for better success in out plantings as initially taller seedlings remain taller which may reduce rotation periods specially in fast growing species.
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Literature cited 1: Bacon G.J. Hawkins P.J. and Jermyn D. (1977) Morphological Grading Studies with 1-0 slash Pine Seedlings. Australian Forestry, 40 (4): 293-303. Bayala J., Dianda M., Wilson J. Ouedraogo S.J. and Sanon K. (2009).Predicting field performance of five irrigated tree species using seedling quality assessment in Burkina Faso, West Africa. New Forest, 38 (3): 309-322.
Literature cited 2: Cossitt F.M., Rindt C.A. and Gunning H.A. (1949).Production of planting stock in trees. Year book of agriculture, Govt. Print. Office, Wash, D.C. 160-169. Curtis R.O (1955) .Use of graded nursery stock for red pine plantations. J. For., 53:171-173.

ID: 63530
Title: Establishment Strategies of Fodder Trees and Shrubs to Compensate Fodder Demand
Author: K.Muthuraj, A. Mayavel, H.Abdul Kaffoor, A. Venkatachalapathi and N.Nagarajan
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (5) 467- 471 (2019)
Subject: Establishment Strategies of Fodder Trees and Shrubs to Compensate Fodder Demand
Keywords: Strategies, Management, Fodder, Trees and Shrubs, Livestock
Abstract: Availbility of adequate quantity of fodder is essential for improving livestock productivity and still there exists a substantial gap between the demand and availability of fodder. Hence, this study revealed about some strategies and common fodder’s (trees and shrubs) extraction practices to improve sustainable resources. Following measures may be taken for ensuring maximum fodder availability for sustaining livestock production. Whereas, strategies need a proper management like improved fodder banks in the forest margin, wastelands and through planting in diverse agroforestry fodder production models. The followed strategies and establishment have been improving livestock health and changing the local communities whose survival with depending upon the exploit of their animals.
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Literature cited 1: 17th and 19th Indian Livestock Census. (2003) and 2012) All India Summary Report, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. Abington J.B. (1992).Sustainable livestock production in the mountain agro-ecosystem of Nepal.FAO animal production and health paper, food and agriculture organization of the United Nations, Rome.134 pp.
Literature cited 2: Calub B.M. and Lasco R.D. (1999) .Indigenous trees and shrubs as fodder in the drought-rone areas of Batangas. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Convention of the Phillipine Society of Animal Sciene. Manila, Phillipines; SAS. Chriyaa A. (2005). The use of shrubs in livestock feeding in low rainfall areas. In Land Use, Land Cover and Soil Sciences, Volume 5. Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems: (UNESCO Eds). Oxford, UK: UNESCO and Eolss Publishers.

ID: 63529
Title: Differential responses in gas exchange variability, water use efficiency and chlorophyll content in Eucalyptus Clones under drought Stress
Author: Romeet Saha, Kirti Chamling Rai, Anugrah Tripathi, Haripriya Kavidayal, Manoj Raturi, Priya Kumari, Charul Kainthola, Chander Shekhar and Santan Barthwal
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (5) 459- 466 (2019)
Subject: Differential responses in gas exchange variability, water use efficiency and chlorophyll content in Eucalyptus Clones under drought Stress
Keywords: Eucalyptus, Drought, Water use efficiency, Photosynthesis, Chlorophyll content, Gas exchange, Stomatal density, Stomatal size.
Abstract: Eight different clones of Eucalyptus were screened for their gas exchange variability, water use efficiency, stomatal parameters and chlorophyll content. Drought stress was imposed thirty days after transplanting wherein irrigation was completely stopped while control plants were irrigated daily throughout the period of the experiment. Measurements were taken in both stressed and control plants and all the clones showed a decrease in gas exchange variability and a positive increase in water use efficiency. Stomatal parameters showed great variability between the clones but a positive correlation was established between water use efficiency and stomatal density. Among the different clones, clone 23 was found to be relatively drought tolerant in terms of water use efficiency.
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Literature cited 1: Boyer J.S., Wong S.C., Farquhar C.D. (1997).Co2, and water vapour exchange across leaf cuttticle (epidermis) at various water potentials. Plant Physiology 114: 185-191. Chakir S., Jensen M., and Feinge G. (1999) .Osmotic and Atmospheric Dehydration Effects in the Lichens Hypogymnia Physodes, Lobaria Pulmonaria, and Peltigera Aphthosa: An in vivo Study of the chlorophyll Fluorescence Industion.Photosynthetica, 37: 393. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007151625527
Literature cited 2: Chaves M.M. (1991).Effects of water deficits on carbon assimilation .Journal of Experimental Botany 42: 1-16. Cornic G. And Lawlor D.W. (2002) .Photosynthetic carbon assimilation and associated metabolism in relation to water deficits in higher plants. Plant, Cell and Environment, 25: 275-294.