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ID: 63726
Title: A Short Survey for New Hosts of Helicanthes elastic (Desr.) Danser and its Morphological Diversity on selected hosts
Author: T.G. Ajith kumar and Lizzy Mathew
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2020
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 146 (2) 143- 147 (2020)
Subject: A Short Survey for New Hosts of Helicanthes elastic (Desr.) Danser and its Morphological Diversity on selected hosts
Keywords: Helicanthes elastic, Loranthaceae, Epicortical roots, Haustoria, Bark
Abstract: Helicanthes elastica a common Loranthacean parasite abundantly grows on many trees of urban areas. The survey of new hosts revealed that apart from angiosperm hosts the parasite started invading gymnosperms trees too. The growth pattern of this parasite found varied among selected hosts. The bark characteristics and peripheral tissue system of hosts determine the pattern growth of H.elastica on them. The quantitative morphological features found not altered much by the influence of hosts but the other characters like spreading of epicortical runners, branching of haustoria and its penetration into the host found altered due to the effect of host trees.
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Literature cited 1: Gamble J.S. (1967) The Flora of the Presidency of Madras (II reprinted edition) I-III. Botanical Survey of India, Culcutta: 873-878. Gill L.S. and Hawksworth F.G (1961) .The mistletoes. A literature review. Technical bulletin No.1242.United States. Department of Agriculture, Washington DC.
Literature cited 2: Mehrotra R.S. and Ashok Aggarwal (2003) .Plant pathology 2nd Edn. Tata Mc Graw Hill Publishing company ltd.In. Diseases due to angiospermic paasites: 782 pp. Nayar T.S., Rasiya Beegum A., Mohanan N., Rajkumar G. and Sibi M. (2006) .Flowering plants of Kerala: A handbook. Tropical botanic garden and research Institute, Palode, Thiruvanathpuram: 387-388.

ID: 63725
Title: Nutrient storage and utilisation under forest ecosystems in cold deserts of Himachal Pradesh, India
Author: Poonam and R. Bawa
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2020
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 146 (2) 136- 142 (2020)
Subject: Nutrient storage and utilisation under forest ecosystems in cold deserts of Himachal Pradesh, India
Keywords: Cold desert, Forest ecosystem, Nutrient content, Plant nutrient storage
Abstract: The present study was conducted in Goshal, one of the largest villages of cold desert district Lahaul in Himachal Pradesh, India, during 2010 to 2013 to study the nutrient status and their utilisation in forest ecosystem for understanding the importance, utilization and exploitation of forest area and intricate utilization of nutrients in cold deserts of India. For estimation of different plant nutrient contents from the different area of forest the whole ecosystem was divided into nine grids for sampling. We found that the leaf nitrogen content in tree species were found maximum in Nuniperus macropoda (2.28%) and least in Salix fragilis (1.33%).Similarly among the shrubs the leaf nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and calcium contents were found maximum in Ephedra gerardiana, while nitrogen was maximum were found maximum in Ephedra gerardiana, while nitrogen was maximum 2.06% in Ephedra gerardiana. The present nutrient status of various natural resources and it would be of great help for researchers working in such harsh areas in other parts of the world, planners and decision makers for drawing interlinked sustainable developmental plans.
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Literature cited 1: Anon. (2003) .United Nation University, UNU/IAS, Report Aulakh,. S., Sidhu B.S. ,Arora B.R. and Singh B. (1985) .Content and uptake of nutrients by pulses and oil seed crops, Indian Journal of Ecology, 12 (2) : 238-242.
Literature cited 2: Black C.A (1968) .Soil Plant Relationships .Second Ed. John Wiley and Sons, Inc, New York. Chaipin F.S. (1980) .Soil Plant Relationships .Second Ed. John Wiley and Sons, Inc, New York.

ID: 63724
Title: Floral diversity and patterns of vegetation in and around Siswan Community Reserve (SCR) in Punjab, India
Author: Bhupendra S.Adhikari, Amit Kumar and Anil K. Bhardwaj
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2020
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 146 (2) 125- 135 (2020)
Subject: Floral diversity and patterns of vegetation in and around Siswan Community Reserve (SCR) in Punjab, India
Keywords: Catchment area, Shivalik, Succession, Wildlife Protection Act
Abstract: As per wildlife Protection (Amendment) Act, 2002, a new category of Protected Areas (Pas) have been introduced as Community Reserve (CR) in India. These areas, albeit uninhabited and completely owned by the Government of India are designated as CR for subsistence of local communities. The current study collates information on the vegetation structure and composition across the different forests surrounding Siswan reservoir, a newly declared Community Reserve in Punjab, India. A total of 160 species of vascular plants were recorded, of which 45.6% were herbs, 21.3% trees, 12.5% shrubs 10% grasses%, 8.8% climbers and 1.9% sedges. Fabaceae was the most dominant family followed by Poaceae, Asteraceae and Malvaceae. Eight different forest communities were discernible through cluster analysis based on Bray-Curtis similarity, such as Acacia catechu-A. Modesta, Acacia catechu-mixed, Acacia catechu-Anogeissus, Dalbergia, Butea-Dalbergia, Leaucaena, Mixed and Moringa-Mixed. The mixed community largely dominated the CR (ca.45%).Among communities; ẞdiversity was highest for Acacia caechu-A.modesta community (2.12) and lowest for Acacia catechu-Anogeissus community (1.27) .The species richness and Shannon-Weiner diversity index was high in Mixed, Acacia, Acacia catechu-mixed and Leaucaena communities. Owing to several medicinal properties and luxuriant growth of Tinospora sinensis, could be explored as a source of livelihood for the locals through sustainable harvest. This study provides baseline information pertaining to ecological setting of the CR which will be helpful in the management of the area.
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Literature cited 1: Curtis J.T. (1959) .The vegetation of Wisconsin: An ordination of plant communities .Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. Jerath N., Ladhar S.S., Kaur S., Sharma V., Saile P., Tripathi P., Bhattacharya S. and Parwana H.K. (2014) .Punjab State Science and Technology and GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft for International Cooperation, India), 329.pp
Literature cited 2: Misra R. (1968).Ecological work book. Calcutta: Oxford and IBH Publishing Company. Muller-Dombois D. and Ellenberg H (1974) .Measuring species quantities. Aims and methods of vegetation ecology. John Wiley & Sons, New York, pp.67-92.

ID: 63723
Title: Arecaceae family in Gujarat, its Morphological Character based Identification Keys.
Author: Umerfaruq qureshimatva, Sandip B. Gamit and Hitesh A. Solanki
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2020
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 146 (2) 113- 124 (2020)
Subject: Arecaceae family in Gujarat, its Morphological Character based Identification Keys.
Keywords: Arecaceae, cultivated varieties, ornamental, wild palms, Gujarat
Abstract: Arecaceaec family is the third largest economically important family distributed mainly in tropics and sub-tropics. In India palms are mainly distributed in three geographical regions including the Peninsular India, forest areas of Northern India and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In the present study 39 genera and 79 species with 31 cultivated varieties include ornamental, cultivated and wild palms were reported. Maximum diversity of palms found in Ahmedabad with 74 species followed by Vadodara 26 species, Gandhinagar 24 species, Surat 22 species and others are less than 22.The genera and species are arranged i according to phylogenetic classification of the Arecaceae proposed by Dransfield et al., 2005 for easy references. Article deal with identification key based on morphological characters. Each species carries the valid name and nomenclatural references which have been encountered in updated APG III nomenclature system.
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Literature cited 1: Basu S.K. and Chakraverty R.K. (1994) .A manual of Cultivated Palms in India. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta. Beccari O. And Hooker J.D. (1894) .Palmae: In: Hooker, J.D. ed. The Flora of British India.
Literature cited 2: Bhat K.G. (2012) .Palms of Karnataka, Systematics of flowering plants, Systematics of Flowering Plants; 25-38. Blatter E. (1926).Palms of British India and Ceylon. Oxford University Press, London.

ID: 63722
Title: Rediscovery of endangered tree Psydrax ficiformis, lectotypication of two names and a new combination in the genus Psydrax (Rubiaceae)
Author: Ravi Kiran Arigela and R.KR. Singh
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2020
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 146 (2) 108- 112 (2020)
Subject: Rediscovery of endangered tree Psydrax ficiformis, lectotypication of two names and a new combination in the genus Psydrax
Keywords: Canthium ficiforme, C.lanceolatum, Endemic, Kodaikanal Wildlife Sanctuary, Lectotype, Palani hills, Shola forest, India, Si Lanka
Abstract: Psydrax ficiformis (Hook.f) Bridson (Rubiaceae) is discovered after a century from Kodaikanal Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu state, India. Detailed taxonomy and first photographs of the live plant are provided. A new combination is proposed for Canthium lanceolatum Arn. Under the genus Psydrax Gaerth. and first time detailed taxonomic description is provided. Two names, Canthium ficiforme Hook. f. and c. lanceolatum Arn. Are lectotypified here and images of the lectotype specimens are also given.
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Literature cited 1: Arigela R.K., Singh R.Kr., Kabeer K.A.A., Murthy G.V.S. and Robin V.V. (2019) .Phytodiversity inventorisation and mapping of Shola grasslands of Kodaikanal Wildlife Sanctuary ,Western Ghats, India. Indian Forester, 145: 214-226. Arnott G.A.W., (1836) .Pugillus plantarum Indiaeorientalis. Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop-Carol. Nat. Cur., 18:322-356.
Literature cited 2: Bridson D.M. (1985) .The reinstatement of Psydrax (Rubiaceae, subfarm. Cinchonoideae tribe Vanuerieae) and a revision of the African species.Kew Bulletin, 40:687-725. Bridson D.M (1993) .Genus Psydrax. In: Precursory notes for a flora of the Palni Hills, South India: II (Matthew, K.M), Ke Bulletin, 4:757-765.

ID: 63721
Title: Primary Energy consumption among the forestry and rural of Pachiparai village in Kanyakumari district: An economic Analysis
Author: T. Amose and K.R. Jeyakumar
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2020
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 146 (2) 101- 107 (2020)
Subject: Primary Energy consumption among the forestry and rural of Pachiparai village in Kanyakumari district: An economic Analysis
Keywords: Economic classification, Power, Kanyakumari, Demand, Income, Energy consumption
Abstract: Energy consumption has been greatly emphasized for various purposes of households due to the empowerment of consumers in social and economic status .Economic classification of people and regional disparaties have separated the cooking energy as commercial and non-commercial type. Mainly, income is a major significant factor that is found in the rural and forestry regions of Pechiparai village. There about total of 90 respondents have been chosen and classified as 45 respondents from each boundaries (forestry and rural). Collected data have been analyzed by appropriate statistical tools such as Pearson Chi-square and ANOVA to find out the power of income in cooking energy consumption on economic value. In the result and discussion, causes for data fluctuations have been pointed out and effective recommendations have been provided favour of economically weaker section.
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Literature cited 1: Bev cline (2007) .The History of Kerosene History Magazine, August/September,www.bevcline.com/kerosene.pdf. Betchani H.M. Tchereni (2013) .The relationship between income and demand for energy commodities in Malawi: the displace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/13494.
Literature cited 2: Adepoju A.O,Oyekale A.S. and Aromolaran O. (2012) .Rural Households’ Demand for Domestic Energy in Odeda Local Government Area (LGA) of Ogun State, Nigeria, Department of Agriculture al Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, North-West University Mafikeng, Camps, Mmabatho 2735 South Africa, J. Hum. Ecol., 40 (2) : 115-123. Saxena N.C. (1997).”The Wood fuel Scenario and Policy Issues in India”, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Bangkok, Thailand.http:www.rwedp.org

ID: 63720
Title: Application of Vegetation Models in India for understanding the forest ecosystem processes
Author: A.S. Rawat, Naveen Kalra, Hukum Singh and Manoj Kumar
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2020
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 146 (2) 93- 100 (2020)
Subject: Application of Vegetation Models in India for understanding the forest ecosystem processes
Keywords: Climate change, DGVM, Forest Management, Plant functional type, Simulation, Vegetation modelling
Abstract: Forest ecosystems are one of the complex systems that provide essential goods and services to support human survival. Various processes of a forest ecosystem are interlinked to each other to make the system complex and unique .Researchers have been striving to understand the interlinked processes to manage the forests in a sustainable manner. The growing interests of researchers in understanding the physical structure and the functioning of forests has attracted the attention of other disciplines of science. As a result, forestry research has been supported by other emerging disciplines such as the use of remote sensing, geographical information system, bioinformatics, machine learning, advanced analytics, simulation, etc. The development and testing of vegetation models is one of the disciplines that integrate the application of ever emerging new advance tools. Researchers have been making the effort to represent the physical and physiological characteristics of forests in a virtual environment using computers. This has paved the way for the development of various algorithms and models using computers. Models provide an opportunity to visualize a system in simplistic way which is otherwise complex. The authors present have various features of models used in forestry, the present generation of dynamic global vegetation models, opportunities and limitations of using models, the need for future research and initiatives by Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun in the application and development of vegetation models.
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Literature cited 1: Aggarwal P.K. Kalra N., Chander S. and Pathak H. (2006) .Infocrop: a dynamic simulation model for the assessment of crop yields, losses due to pests, and environmental impact of agro-ecosystems in tropical environments. I. Model description. Agricultural systems, 89 (1): 1-25. Bachelet D., Lenihan J.M., Daly C., Neilson R.P., Ojima D.S., and Parton W.J., (2001) .MC1: a dynamic vegetation model for estimating the distribution of vegetation and associated ecosystem fluxes of carbon, nutrients, and water. Pacific Northwest Station General Technical Report PNW-GTR-508.
Literature cited 2: Bonan G.B. (1996) .Land surface model (LSM version 1.0) for ecological, hydrological, and atmospheric studies: Technical description and users guide. Technical note. National Center for Atmospheric Research (United States).Climate and Global Dynamics Div. Brovkin V., Ganopolski A. and Svirezhev Y. (1997).A continuous cimate-vegetaion classification for use in climate-biosphere studies. Ecological Modelling, 101 (2-3): 251-261.

ID: 63719
Title: Ethno Medicinal Plants of Reasi Tehsil of Reasi District, Jammu and Kashmir (India)
Author: Parul Singhal and Vasundra Sharma
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2020
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 146 (1) 67- 73 (2020)
Subject: Ethno Medicinal Plants of Reasi Tehsil of Reasi District, Jammu and Kashmir (India)
Keywords: Aboriginal, Medicinal Plants, Reasi, Treasure
Abstract: An ethno botanical survey was carried out in Reasi Tehsil of Reasi district, Jammu and Kashmir and 37 plant species belonging to 23 families were reported to treat various diseases. It mainly includes Reasi proper and its adjacent areas. Tehsil is a treasure house of highly valuable medicinal plants. Most of the plant species used were trees (37.83%) followed by herbs (35.15%), shrubs (24.32%) and climber (2.70%).The medicinal preparations include powder, decoction, juice, etc. The present study explores the wealth of traditional medicinal plants used by the local inhabitants of the study area against various diseases. The foremost purpose of the work done is to explore the potential of medicinal plants and reveal the rich diversity of the region which will be helpful for Traditional Knowledge Digital Library also.
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Literature cited 1: Khan Z.S., Khuroo A.A and Dar G.H. (2004) .Ethno-Medicinal Survey of Uri, Kashmir Himalayas. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 3:351-357. Lone P.A., Bhardwaj A. Kan Bahar F.A (2013) .Traditional Knowledge on Healing Properties of Plants in Bandipora District of Jammu and Kashmir, India. International Journal of Recent Scientific Research, 4: 1755-1765.
Literature cited 2: Mir Gh. M. and John S.A. (2014) .Ethno-medicinal study of Pulwama Tehsil (Jammu and Kashmir, India. International Journal of Advanced Biotechnology and Research, 5: 539-546. Wagay N.A. (2014) Ethno-botanical knowledge of Baramulla Tehsil in Jammu and Kashmir, India. International Journal of Advanced Biotechnology and Research, 5:539-546.

ID: 63718
Title: Correlation Studies for Morphological Characters and Proximate Principles of Leaves of Grewia optiva Drumm. Ex Burr.
Author: D.R. Prajapati, Gaurav Chand Ramola, Akshit Kukreti, Ram Gopal and Digvijay Rathod
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2020
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 146 (1) 63- 66 (2020)
Subject: Correlation Studies for Morphological Characters and Proximate Principles of Leaves of Grewia optiva
Keywords: Correlation, Morphology, Proximate Principles, Grewia optiva, Variation
Abstract: The present investigation was carried out in the Chamba block of district Tehri-Garhwal of Uttarakhand state. Leaves from Grewia optiva trees were harvested to find out correlation among the morphological characters and proximate principles. A total of 55 correlations were observed in the present study. Out of which 13 were significant at p<0.05 and 5 were significant at p<0.01.The results indicated that morphological characters can be used as selection criteria for fodder quality of this species. Correlation studies can give a direct e relationship between morphological characters and proximate principles and can play an instrumental role in tree improvement programs.
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Literature cited 1: AoAC.(1995) .Official methods of analysis of AOAC international .Vol.1,26th edn. Washington D.C: Association of Official Analytical Chemists, 4.14.20pp. Bhagta S. (2005) .Progeny evaluation of open pollinated seedling seed orchard of Grewia optiva Drummond.M.Sc. thesis .Y.S.P.University of Horticultue and Forestry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. Pp1-107.
Literature cited 2: Brandis D. (1906) .Indian Trees. Reprinted by International Book Distributors, Dehra Dun. Khanal R.C. and Subba, D.B. (2001) .Nutritional evaluation of leaves from some major fodder trees cultivated in the hills of Nepal. Anim Feed Sci. Tech, 92: 17-32.

ID: 63717
Title: Molecular Identification and Phylogenetics studies of Erythrina arborescens Roxb.
Author: Ashok Kumar Dhakad, Shashank Shukla, Anup Chandra, Ajay Thakur and Santan Barthwal
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2020
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 146 (1) 56- 62 (2020)
Subject: Molecular Identification and Phylogenetics studies of Erythrina arborescens Roxb.
Keywords: Erythrina arborescens, RbcL gene, Molecular identification, Phylogeny, Evolutionary linkages
Abstract: Erythrina arborescens belonging to the family Leguminosae (Subfamily: Fabaceae) is an important broad leaved tree species used for medicinal and ornamental purpose in lower Himalayan region. Due to excessive lopping by local communities, its population status is declining at alarming rate thus germ plasm conservation is urgently needed. Ambigity in morphology led to create trouble in identification with other Erythrina species.DNA was extracted from leaf samples collected from taxonomically identified source of E.arborescens. PCR amplicons were subjected to sequence analysis based on rbcL gene. Neighbour-joining method was used to construct phylogenetic tree with sequence of query species and identical sequences for this species was identified from GenBank databases for this plant. The rbcL gene sequence of E.arborescens was the first record to molecular characterization and could be used for the identification of this species at molecular level reported from any part of the world through BLAST analysis if the reference domain for the molecular identical sequences is submitted to GenBank future. Query sequence of E. arborescens showed 100% identity with the rbcL gene sequence of Erythrina sigmoidea already submitted to the NCBI GenBank database. Erythrina arborescens is closely related with Erythrina flabelliformis based on nucleotide homology and phylogenetic analysis.
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Literature cited 1: Alaklabi A., Arif I.A., Bafeel S.O, Alfarhan A.H., Ahamed A., Thomas J. and Bakir M.A., (2014) Nucleotides based validation of the endangered plant Diospyros mespiliformis (Ebenaceae) by evaluating short sequence region of plastid rbcL gene. Plant Omics J. 7(2): 102-107. De Luca A., Sibilio G., De Luca P. and Guacchio E.D. (2018) .DNA Barcoding to Confirm the Morphological Identification of the Coral Trees Erythrina spp, Fabaceae) in the Ancient Gardens of Naples (Campania, Italy).Plants, 43:1-21.
Literature cited 2: Dhakad A.K., Chandra A., Barthwal S., Thakur A. And Rawat J.M. (2017) .Analysis of phylogeny and evolutionary divergence of Acacia catechu (L.f.) Willd based on rbcL conserved sequence .Int. J. Biol. Sci., 8 (2):89-95. Dhakad A.K., Chandra A., Barthwal S., Thakur A. And Rawat J.M. (2018) .DNA extraction and molecular characterization of Acacia pseudoeburnea An endemic species. Res. J. Biotechnol., 13 (8):72-78.

ID: 63716
Title: Development of Epicotyl Grafting in Pongamia pinnata for quality planting Stock Production
Author: S. Kala, K. Kumaran, S. Reeja, V. Subbulakshmi, H.R. Meena, I .Rashmi and R.K. Singh
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2020
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 146 (1) 46- 54 (2020)
Subject: Development of Epicotyl Grafting in Pongamia pinnata for quality planting Stock Production
Keywords: Karanj, Oilseed tree, Biodiesel, Wasteland development, TRootstocks, Scions, Graft union, Epicotyl grafts, Stone grafting, Quality planting stock, True to type material
Abstract: Epicotyl grafting technique was commonly adopted technique in fruit trees having large and stone type seeds. It is very rarely practiced in forest trees. Through this experiment, success of epicotyl grafting in P.pinnata was achieved first time. Further this study describes effect of different age o f rootstock with viz., 10, 15 and 20 days old and season of grafting on success of epicotyls grafting. At end of 120 days after grafting, maximum success (54.63%) ,survival (50.25%) , total height of grafts (30.68 cm) , no. Of leaves per graft (9.21) , average leaf length (6.92 cm) and average leaf width (5.11 cm) were obtained in 15 days old rootstock grafted with suitable size of scion. The 15 days old rootstock gave significantly highest survival percentage of grafts than other treatments. Similarly, 20 days old rootstock also performed better only in few growth parameters which were statically on par with 15 days old root stock. Though, overall selection of 15 old rootstock for epicotyls grafting which produced early grafts in quick way and in order reduces time and wastage of nursery resources. Among different months, maximum success of grafts were obtained at August (53.90%), September (51.75%) and October (50.98%) .Hence, it is considered as a most suitable period for the propagation of P.pinnata through epicotyls grafting. In might be due to prevalence of optimum temperatue and relative humidity of South India region which favours higher rate success in epicotyls grafting. Therefore, epicotyls grafting is a simple and rapid technique for vegetative propagation with less time and cost involvement. This could be helpful to various take holders those who looking for superior planting stock of Pongamia pinnata.
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Literature cited 1: Alam M.A, Islam M.Z., Uddin J.C., and Quamruzzaman A.K (2006) .Effect of age of seedling and variety of scion in stone grafting of Mango .International Journal of Sustainability Crop Production 2: 27-32. Bhan K.C., Sammaddar H.N. and Yadav P.S. (1960) .Clip budding and stone grafting of mangoes in India. Tropical Agriculture, 45: 247-53.
Literature cited 2: Deswal R.P.S., Kaushik N., Panwar N.S., Laxmi Rawat and Bangarwa K. (2015) :Variability and associations in morpho-physiological traits and seed yield and oil content in Pongamia pinnata L. Pierre. Indian Journal of Agroforestry, 17 (1): Pp: 17-23. Kaur G. and Malhi C.S., (2006) .Effect of age of rootstock and growing medium on the success of epicotyls grafting in mango. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 63 (3): 244-247.

ID: 63715
Title: Effect of Microbial Consortium (Bio-fertilizer) on growth of Poplar clones in Nursery
Author: Gurinder Singh and Avtar Singh
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2020
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 146 (1) 42- 45 (2020)
Subject: Effect of Microbial Consortium (Bio-fertilizer) on growth of Poplar clones in Nursery
Keywords: Microbial consortium, VAM, Growth parameters, Populus deltoids clones
Abstract: The present study was conducted at Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, PAU, Ludhiana during the year 2015-16.The influence of different doses of microbial consortium (bio-fertilizer) addition to nine different poplar clones in nursery on growth was studied. Different doses of bio-fertilizer showed the significance results for collar diameter, leaf area, and biomass accumulation except plant height and also reveal that different clones showed the significant results for collar diameter, leaf area, plant height, biomass accumulation. Study also revealed that the interaction between different doses of bio-fertilizers and clones showed the significant results for collar diameter, leaf area, and plant height except in plant biomass. The application of microbial consortium (biofertilizers) increased the growth parameters in poplar plants. Application of microbial consortium resulted in enhanced growth for most of the characters and can be used as alternative to chemical fertilizer.
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Literature cited 1: Basu P.K. and Kabi M.C. (1987) .Effect of application of biofertilizers on the growth and nodulation of seven forest legumes, Indian Forester, 113:249-257. Dadwal V.S. and Chouhan J.S. (1995) .Efficacy of different Rhizobium strains of forest trees species on Albizia lebbek, Indian Forester, 121 (7):647-650.
Literature cited 2: Mandal B.S and Kaushik J.C., (1995) .Interaction between VA mycorrhizae fungi and Rhizobium and their effect on the growth parameters of Acacia nilotica (L) .WILD EX DEL, Har. Agri.Univ.J.Re.25: 107-11. Mamta Dash.D., Gupta S.B. and Deole S. (2017) Effect of integrated management on growth and nutrient uptake in Papaya (Carica papaya L) at nursery level.J.Pharmaco. and Phytochem. 6 (5):522-527.

ID: 63714
Title: Floristic and Phenological Analysis of ground Vegetation growth under Eucalyptus hybrid and Dalbergia sissoo Plantation
Author: Bhavtosh Bhatt
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2020
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 146 (1) 36- 41 (2020)
Subject: Floristic and Phenological Analysis of ground Vegetation growth under Eucalyptus hybrid and Dalbergia sissoo Plantation
Keywords: Eucalyptus hybrid, Dalbergia sissoo, Ground vegetation, Phenology, Phytosociology.
Abstract: The present study deals with phytosociological and phenology of ground vegetation in Eucalyptus hybrid and dalbergia sissoo plantation in Haridwar Forest Division. The total number of plant species were recorded as 39, 35, 28 in E.hybrid an 29,25, 23 in D.sissoo during rainy ,winter and summer season respectively. Chrysopogon fulvus was dominating the community grown under E. hybrid plantation by having maximum value of IVI and co-dominating by Arundinella nepalensis. However Parthenium hysterophorus was dominated by Cynodon dactylon and Oxalis corniculata. The phonological study of ground vegetation revealed that majority of annuals flowers fruits and produced their seeds in rainy season while fruiting and seed maturation in a number of perennial are activated during winter.
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Literature cited 1: Agarwal Arun k. (1990) .Floristic composition and phenology of temperate grasslands of western Himalayas as affected by scraping, fire and heavy grazing.Vegetatio, 88:177-187. Bhandari B.S, Mehta J.P. and Tewari S.C. (1999) .Floristic composition biological spectra and diversity of burnt and unburnt sub montane grazing lands of Garhwal Himalaya.J. Indian Bot.Soc.78:107-110.
Literature cited 2: Bhat D.M. and K.S. Murali (2011) .Phenology of under storey species of tropical moist forest of Western Ghats region of Uttara Kannnada district in South India. Current Sci., 81 ():799-805. Billing W.D., (1952) .The environment complex in relation to plant growth and distribution .Qt.Rev.Biol. 27:251265.

ID: 63713
Title: Assessment of Genetic Diversity of Cedrus deodara Roxb.through Random amplified Polymorphic DNA
Author: Kirti Chamling Rai, Priti chauhan, Anita Rawat, Romeet Saha and H.S. Ginwal
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2020
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 146 (1) 32- 35 (2020)
Subject: Assessment of Genetic Diversity of Cedrus deodara
Keywords: Cedrus deodara, Genetic diversity, RAPD, DNA-based markers, PCR
Abstract: Indian cedar (Cedrus deodara) is an important conifer of the western Himalaya. It is high ecological as well as economical value and due to its high demand for timber, the natural population of this species is gradually declining under the pressure of over exploitation. RAPD markers were used to study genetic variation in three natural populations of C.deodara using 10 primers. The study indicated that C.deodara populations maintained moderate level of genetic diversity (mean Ht =0.233) with more variation among the populations as compared within population diversity (mean Hs =0.162).The among population differentiation was relatively low (mean G st=0.210) due to the high levels of gene flow (mean Nm =4.486) between the populations under study. A dendogram constructed for the three populations of C.deodara using the UPGMA method clustered Punana in Shimla and Churah Forest Division in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh with the similarity co-efficient of 0.933 whereas, the population from Lohaghat in Uttarakhand was segregated separately. The study also revealed that the population from Punan, Himachal Pradesh was the most genetically diverse population which exhibited the highest percentage of polymorphic loci.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 63712
Title: Contribution of small pockets of Forests towards Carbon Sequestration-TFRI Jabalpur, A Case Study
Author: Sangeeta Verma and Avinash Jain
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2020
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 146 (1) 25- 31 (2020)
Subject: Contribution of small pockets of Forests towards Carbon Sequestration-TFRI Jabalpur, A Case Study
Keywords: Allometric equations, Carbon sequestration, Small pockets of forests, standing carbon stock
Abstract: This study was conducted to quantify the contribution of the plantations and natural forests in Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI) Jabalpur campus towards carbon sequestration .The standing carbon stock and annual sequestration for the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 were calculated in natural vegetation and plantations present in TFRI premises. A total of 42 quadrats of 10 m x 10 m area were laid out in the study area in which a total of 436 individuals of trees belonging to 8 different species were present. The carbon stock in plantations and natural forest was calculated to be 75.31 t/ha and 76.34 t/ha respectively during 2015, which enhanced to 79.99 t/ha and 82.17 t/ha in 2016 and 82.37 t/ha and 85.49 t/ha in 2017.Carbon sequestered by trees in plantations was found to be more than natural forest annually. Keeping in view the global concern towards carbon sequestration and its mitigating role in climate change, present study was undertaken to assess carbon stocks and annual sequestration in the tree plantations raised in the TFRI campus.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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