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ID: 63565
Title: Standardization of Nursery Media and Sowing time for Germination of Sandalwood (Santalum album L) Seed
Author: S.R.Mohapatra, N.Bhol and R.K. Nayak
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (8) 752- 756 (2019)
Subject: Standardization of Nursery Media and Sowing time for Germination of Sandalwood (Santalum album L) Seed
Keywords: Germination per cent, Potting mixture, Germination energy, Germination capacity and Seed type
Abstract: The investigation on standardization of nursery media and sowing time for germination of Sandalwood (Santalum album L) seed was carried out at Colllege of Forestry, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (O.U.A.T), Bhubaneswar, India during 2014 2015 with the objective to improve the quality of planting material in short period. This investigation was necessary because Sandalwood is the second most expensive wood in the world, next to the African Blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon).Its seeds need suitable nursery media and proper time of sowing for better germination and growth. This experiment was conducted in nursery under split plot design. Two types of seeds like seeds with seed coat and seeds were treated with 0.05% Gibberelic acid and sown in the month of April ,May and June in 8 different combinations of germination media such as T1 (sand) ,T2 ( Sand:perlite in 1:1) , T3 (perlite) T4 (sand: red soil in 1:1), T5 (perlite :red soil in 1:1),T6 (sand:red soil:FYM in 1:1:1), T7 (sand:perlite: red soil ) and T8 ( red soil) .Seeds sown without seed coat in the month of May in sand (S2T2M1) recorded significantly maximum germination percentage ( 55% , germination capacity ( 70 % ) and germination energy (41.50% ).Similarly, seeds without seed coat sown in May in the mixture of sand and perlite in 1: 1ratio ( S2T2M2) performed at par with (S2T2M1).However, seeds with seed coat sown in April in red soil (S1T1M8) performed poor for all parameters under study.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Luna R.K. (2005) Plantation Trees, International Book Distributors, Dehra Dun, 975p. McKinnell F.H. (1990). Status of management and silviculture research on sandalwood in eastern Australia and Indonesia, Proceeding of the Symposium on Sandalwood in Pacific,Honolulu,Hawaii, 9-11 April 1990, 19-25.
Literature cited 2: Srinivasan V.V., Sivaramakrishnan V.R., Rangaswamy C.R., Ananthapadmanabha H.S. and Shankarnarayana K.H. (1992).Sandal (Santalum album L) ,Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun, 233. Tondon J.N. (1995).Sandalwood oil industry .In: Recent Advances in Research and Management of Santalum album L. in India (Srimathi R.A., Kulkami H.D. and Venkatesan K.R., (Eds.), pp .186-193.Associated publishing company, New Delhi.

ID: 63564
Title: Volume Equation and Table for Heritiera fomes (Buch-Ham) of the Sunderbans, Bangladesh
Author: Mahmood Hossain, Narottam Paul, Mohammead Raqibul Hasan Siddique, S.M.Rubaiot Abdullah, Sanjoy Saha and MD. Zaheer Iqbal
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (8) 743- 751 (2019)
Subject: Volume Equation and Table for Heritiera fomes (Buch-Ham) of the Sunderbans, Bangladesh
Keywords: Allometry, Heritiera fomes, Mangroves, Sundarbans, Volume model.
Abstract: The Sundarbans mangrove forests are the single largest tract of mangrove forest in the world. Heritiera fomes (Buch-Ham) is the dominant species that covers 65 % of the total merchantable timber of the Sundarbans. The objective of this study was to derive total volume (under bark) allometric model and volume table for H.fomes of the Sunderbans.Five allometric volume equations were tested to derive the allometric volume model. The best fit model was selected based on lowest value of Akaike information Criterion (AIC), Residual Standard Error (RSE) and highest value of Coefficient of Determination (R2) and Akaike Information Criterion Weighted (AlCw). The best fit volume model showed lowest values of AIC (12.182), RSE (0.2485) and highest value of adjusted R2 (0.966) and AICw (0.7242) compared to the other models. The best fit model showed lower model prediction error (5 to 7 %) and highest (0.864 to 0.988) values of model efficiency compared to the previous volume models of H. fomes for the Sundarbans. Finally, Ln (Vol) =-9.900593 + 0.9621471Ln (D ᶺ2 H) has appeared as best volume model compared to the previous models for H.fomes of the Sundarbans.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Birigazzi I. (2015) .Toward a transparent and consistent quality control procedure for tree biomass allometric equation.XII World Forestry Congress, Durban, South Africa.7-11 September 2015. Canonizado J.A. and Hossain M.A.,. (1998) .Integrated forest management plan for the Sundarbans Reserved Forest (Final Draft).Mandala Agricultural Development Corporation and Forest Department, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Bangladesh.
Literature cited 2: Chaffey D.R., Miller F.R.and Sandom J.H. (1985). A forest inventory of the Sunderbans, Bangladesh.Project report 140, Development Centre, England. Chave J., Andalo C., Brown S.,Cairns M.A., Chambers J.Q., Eamus D.,Folster H.,Fromard F., Higuchi N., Kira T.,Yamakura T., (2005) .Tree allometry and improved estimation of carbon stocks and balance in tropical forests.Oecologia, 145:87-99.

ID: 63563
Title: A detailed study through Geographical information System on Different land use systems in Solan Himachal Pradesh India
Author: Manjeet Singh, Raj Kumar, S.N. Zaffar and Rahul Kumar
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (8) 737- 742 (2019)
Subject: A detailed study through Geographical information System on Different land use systems in Solan Himachal Pradesh India
Keywords: Carbon sequestration, Solan forest division, Chir pine, Deodar, Landuse, Himachal Pradesh
Abstract: The study was carried out to determine carbon sequestration potential of six forest ranges under Solan forest division of Himachal Pradesh, India. There are six land uses viz., Chir pine, Ban oak, Deodar, Other broadleaves, Culturable and Un-culturable , which are distributed in 538 compartments along altitudinal gradient from 900 to 2, 100m amsl. The study reveals that among various land uses, the Other broadleaved species will result in maximum expected carbon (19.88 Mt) which will be 28.81, 23.95, and 3.07 times higher than standing carbon in Ban oak, Deodar and Chirpine, respectively. The Solan Forest Division on the whole, has potential to sequester 17 times more carbon over standing carbon f 1.67 Mt, if forest species are extended to their corresponding altitudinal limits in the “land are a available for planting” i.e. , Un-culturable land area in the forest division however, to have an accurate estimate of the carbon sequestration potential of the area, other attributes that decides the establishment of plantation of different species such as slope, aspect, soil, climate, etc. need to be taken into consideration beside altitude.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Brown S. (1995) ,Present and future role of forests in global climate change .In :Ecology Today (Gople B,Pathak PS, Saxena KG (eds).International Scientific Publication, New Delhi, 59-74 pp. Forest Working Plan (2002) .Working Plan for Solan Forest Division (2002-2017).Govt.of Himachal Pradesh.
Literature cited 2: Joao Carlos de M.Sa., Carlos C., Cerri, Warren A. Dick, Rattan Lal, Solismar P. Venske Filno, Marisa C. Piccolo and Brigitte E.F. (2001) .Organic matterdynamics and carbon sequestration rates for atillage chrono-sequence in a Brazilian Oxisol. Soil Science Society for American Journal. 65 (5): 1486-1499. Koach P. (1989).Estimates by species group and region in the USA of : (1) below ground root weight as percentage of over dry complete tree weight and (11) Carbon content of tree portions. Consulting Report, 23 pp.

ID: 63562
Title: Conservation Vs Development: A case study from Gangotri National Park, India
Author: Vipra Rautela, Sabyasach 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 (8) 732- 736 (2019)
Subject: Conservation Vs Development
Keywords: Gangotri National Park, Conservation policy, Livelihood, People’s perception
Abstract: The study was carried out around Gangotri National Park (GNP), India to assess the impact of conservation policies on natural resource extraction from GNP. Different conservation policies within legal framework were analysed for identifying conflict zones and generate people’s perception towards conservation policies. Local people have been banned from extracting any benefit from the park while tourists are allowed to use even the core zone. This has created a feeling of discrimination in the local community against the national park. Few people were of the opinion that with the creation of the national park and development of tourism, the environment of the region has deteriorated. Very few people had knowledge about forest policies .Contact with each other has been found to be the most effective method that can be used in the study region for disseminating information related to policies. There is a need for developing policies and management actions that serve the economic interests of the local people together with achievement of environment conservation goal. This is essential to generate public support.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Badola R., Bhardwaj A.K. and Mukherjee S.K.(2000) .Integrating Conservation Development in Protected Area Management –can we do it? Indian Forester, 126 (10):1054-1067. Bernard H.T. (2000).Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative approaches, Sage New Delhi, India, 826pp.
Literature cited 2: Cernea M.M. (1989).User groups are producers in participatory afforestation strategies .World Bank discussion paper No.70,Washington,DC, 92pp. Clay J.(1991) .Cultural Survival and Conservation: Lessons from the past twenty years. In: Biodiversity: Culture, Conservation and Ecodevelopment (Eds.Oldfield M.L.and J.B.Alcorn). West View Press, Boulder, CO 248-273pp.

ID: 63561
Title: Tree-canopy management and soil quality index of Hardwickia binata Roxb. Based agroforestry system in Bundelkhand, Central India
Author: Rajendra Prasad, Ram Newaj, R.Singh, A.K. Handa, N.K. Saroj, Ashok shukla, Prashant Singh and V.D. Tripathi
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (8) 724- 731 (2019)
Subject: Tree-canopy management and soil quality index of Hardwickia binata Roxb. Based agroforestry system in Bundelkhand, Central India
Keywords: Indicators, Semi-arid, Soil function, Soil health and Tree-pruning
Abstract: The present study was conducted in a well-established 22-years old Hardwickia binata based agroforestry system, aiming to evaluate effect of tree canopy management practices on soil quality and how soil quality indicators respond to pruning treatments. The trial consisted of four treatments of pruning viz., control (no pruning), 25, 50 and 75 % pruning of canopy height. To develop soil quality index (SQI), representative soil samples were drawn from 0-30 cm depth from all plots and analysed for selected soil quality indicators.Increase in pruning intensity of H.binata has shown favourable effect on most of the studied indicators. Maximum SQI was observed in plots receiving 75 % while minimum in 25 % pruning. In comparison to baseline, the improvement in SQI was minimum in 25 % (17.82 %) and maximum in 75 % pruning (30.93 %). The improvement in soil quality over control ranged from zero (25 % pruning) to 15.56 % (75). The computed value of SQI (0-1 scale) ranged from 0.434 to 0.514 and had sensitivity of 1.49, reflecting its sensitiveness to management of the tree canopy. The infiltration rate (water movement) and biological activity were identified as sensitive and critical indicators for soil quality. Among treatments, 50 % pruning of tree-canopy seems to be more desirable and effective in improving soil health in Bundelkhand region of central India.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Andrews S.S., Karlen D.L. and Cambardella C.A. (2004) .The soil management assessment framework: A quantitative soil quality evaluation method. Soil Sci., Soc.AmJ. 68:1945-1962. Arevalo-Gardini E.,Canto M., Alegre J., Loli O., Julca A., and Baligar V., (2015). Changes in soil physical and chemical properties in long term improved natural and traditional agroforestry management systems of Cacao genotypes in Peruvian Amazon.PLOS ONE, 10 (70132147. (https://doi.org/10137/journal.pone.0132147.
Literature cited 2: Baruah T.C. and Barthakur H.P. (1999).A text book of soil analysis.Vikas Publishing House Pvt.Ltd., New Delhi Bisaria A.K. Solanki K.R. Ajit, Newaj R.and Tiwari R. (1999) .Effect of tree densities and environmental factors on Hardwickia binata and companion crops in agrisilviculture.J.Trop.Forest., 15:93-102.

ID: 63560
Title: Basic density of Pinus caribaea grown in rubya plantation, Ukerewe, Tanzania
Author: Wanjala J.Mgaywa, Anthony Z. Sangeda and Said iddi
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (8) 718- 723 (2019)
Subject: Basic density of Pinus caribaea grown in rubya plantation, Ukerewe, Tanzania
Keywords: Wood basic density, Strength properties, Pinus caribaea, Rubya plantation, Tanzania
Abstract: Basic wood density of 21-year-old Pinus caribaea grown in Rubya forest plantation in Tanzania was determined. Specifically, variation in basic density within a tree and between trees was investigated. A total of 30 defect free trees were randomly selected from which cores were extracted at breast height. Standard procedures for data processing and analysis were followed. The average basic density was 430 kg/m3 (standard deviation =66 kg/m3) .Density variation within tees was statistically significant ( p<0.1) but between trees was not. Density increased from pith to bark and the increase was statistically significant ( p<0.1).The increase from juvenile to transition wood was sharp while from juvenile to mature was fairly gradual. Density decreased with increasing tree diameter. Since the species is suitable for construction, this information is important for foresters in order to control wood quality through silvicultural treatments. It is also recommended that Tanzania Electrical Supply Company may continue to use the species from this plantation for electrical poles to supply electricity in areas where supply of timber with higher densities is limited. These results are therefore important for forest planners, users and policy makers for scaling up planting of the species in the country.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Banda C.A and Ringo W.N. (1984) .Wood basic density variations in Pinus patula grownin Bunduki Forest Reserve, Tanzania. Record No. 333, Faculty of Forestry, Sokoine University of Agrriculture, Morogoro.12 pp. Brazier J.D. (1977) Effect of forest practices on quality of harvested crop. Forestry, 50 (1): 49-56.
Literature cited 2: Bryce J.M. (1967) .The commercial timbers of Tanzania. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative s, Forest Division, Moshi, 139 pp. Chudnoff M. (1980). Tropical timbers of the World. USDA Forest Services, Forest Products Laboratory. Madison, Wisconsin, 745pp.

ID: 63559
Title: Understanding the differential roles of major causal factors in the 2017 Delhi smog through an analysis of Satellite, Meteorological and Pollution Data
Author: Ankur Awadhiya
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (8) 707- 717 (2019)
Subject: Understanding the differential roles of major causal factors in the 2017 Delhi smog through an analysis of Satellite, Meteorological and Pollution Data
Keywords: 2017 Delhi smog, Air pollution, Burning of agricultural residues
Abstract: The paper describes an analysis of publicly available satellite, meteorological and pollution data to investigate the differential roles of major causal factors in the 2017 Delhi smog. The investigation revealed that the prevailing weather conditions and the burning of crackers on Diwali and agricultural (paddy) residues on fields may have had significant roles in creating and continuing the smog, when compared to other factors such as automobiles and industries which are mainly responsible for worsening the smog situation. Suggestions for the present and future management of smogs are also provided.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Barman S., Singh R. Negi M. and Bhargava S. (2008). Ambient air Quality of Lucknow City (India) during use of fireworks on Diwali Festival. Environmental monitoring and assessment, 137 (1-): 495-504.Davis D.L. (2002). A look back at the London smog of 1952 and the half century since. Environmental health perspectives, 110 (12): A734.
Literature cited 2: EPA (2011) .2011 National Emissions Inventory (NEI) Data.2017, from https://www.epa.gov/air-emissions-inventories/2011-national -emissions-inventory -nei-data. George M., Kaur J. and Sharma A. (2013) Delhi smog 2012: cause and concerns .J. Pollution Effects & Control: 1-6.

ID: 63558
Title: Carbon stocks in Forests of the Kaptai National Park in Bangladesh
Author: Mohammed Mukhlesur Rahman, Syed Hafizur Rahman and M.Al-amin
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (8) 699- 706 (2019)
Subject: Carbon stocks in Forests of the Kaptai National Park in Bangladesh
Keywords: Kaptai National Park, Carbon stock, Biomass, Undergrowth, Litter and Soil.
Abstract: The present research work was carried out in the Koptai National Park area of Bangladesh .Seventy seven tracks, 500 m apart from each other, and 4 plots of 10 m radius in each track were selected. Sixty five trees species were recorded; the most dominant ones were Acacia auriculiformis, Dipterocarpus turbinatus, Gmelina arborea, Lagerstroemia speciosa, Swietenia macrophylla, Protium serratum, Terminalia arjuna, Tectona grandis and Xylia xylocarpa.The carbon stocks in tree biomass, undergrowth vegetation, litter materials and soil in plots of these tree species along with some other tree were estimated. The total carbon stocks ranged from 71.44 Mg ha-1 to 114.77 Mg ha-1 to 36.93 Mg C Ha-1 in tree biomass, 0.24 to 0.42 Mg C ha-1 in undergrowth vegetation, 0.10 to 0.24Mg C ha-1 in litter and 62.31 to 93.67 Mg C ha-1 in soil. The total carbon stocks differed significantly (F=2.229 at df =9, p<0.05) among the plots of different tree species. Mean contributions of tree biomass, undergrowth vegetation, litter and soil were 18.50 %, 0.36 %, 0.23 % and 80.91 % to the total carbon stocks respectively. The forests in the study area were highly disturbed; so the contributions of tree, undergrowth and litter were so low.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: ADB( 2001) .(Asian Development Bank) ,Chittagong Hill Tracts Region Development Plan .Final Report No.3:Agriculture and Marketing in CH.ADB TA No.33328.Rangamati. Alien S.E., Grimshaw H.M., and Rowland A.P. (1986) .Chemical analysis .In: Methods in Plant Ecology, (Moore OP. D. And Chapman S.B. Eds.) Blackwell Scientific Publications, Boston, 285-344pp.
Literature cited 2: Brad N.C. and Well R.C. (2012) .The Nature and Properties of Soils .Pearson Education, UK. BrownS. Gillespie A.J.R., and Lugo A.E., (1989) .Biomass estimation methods for tropical forests with applications to forest inventory data .Forest Science, 35 (4): 881-02.

ID: 63557
Title: Silvicultural interventions for maximising water yield: A review of Field experiments on Forest hydrology
Author: Rajeev Kumar Tiwari
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (8) 691- 698 (2019)
Subject: Silvicultural interventions for maximising water yield: A review of Field experiments on Forest hydrology
Keywords: Silviculture, Forest hydrology, Infiltration, Evapotranspiration, Water yield.
Abstract: Forest reduces total runoff from a watershed due to tits consumptive use. The impact of forests on stream discharge is to lower and delay the flood peaks. However, it depends upon various vegetative parameters like species, Forest cover, leaf are index, rooting zone etc. and on various watershed parameters like slope, geology, shape of watershed etc. The land use of upper catchments of major river systems in India is predominantly forest, which also receives higher rainfall. There is a lot of variation in temporal and spatial distribution of rainfall in India. Major part of the year is dry and most of the river flow during the non-monsoon period is supplemented by ground water. In view of the increasing water stress being felt in various parts of the country during non-monsoon period, intervention is required to maximizing the water yield from a forested catchment requires silvicultural interventions like manipulation of species composition in favour of species with lower transpiration requirement. A preference needs to be given to species with root system, which induces higher filtration. Various silvicultural operations like thinning, pruning, weeding etc. shall also increase the water output. The state forest departments and research organizations need to reorient the research to understand correlation of various silvicultural operations on the water yield under different forest types and densities. From Indian perspective, it is important that regulation of quality water yield is one of the objectives of forest management.
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Literature cited 1: Batchelor C.H., Rama Mohan Rao M.S. and James A.J. (2000).Karnataka Watershed Development Project: water resources audit. Kawad Report, 17. Batchelor C.H., Rama Mohan Rao M.S and Rai S.M. (2003). Watershed development: solution of water shortage in semiarid India or part of the problem. Land use and water resources research, 3: 1-10.
Literature cited 2: Bosch J.M. (1979) .Treatment effects on annual and dry period stream flow at Cathedral Peak. South African forestry journal, 108:29-38. Bosch J.M. and Hewlett J.D. (1982) .A review of catchment experiments to determine the effects of vegetation changes on water yield and evapotranspiration.J. Of Hydrol. 55:3-23.

ID: 63556
Title: Flowering Plants of Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India
Author: Arjun Prasad Tiwari, K.K. Khanna and P.C. Dubey
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (7) 663- 682 (2019)
Subject: Flowering Plants of Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India
Keywords: Flowering Plants, Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India
Abstract: The present work on flowering plants of Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh reveals that a total number of 707 species under 432 genera belonging to 07 families are recorded. Of these, 207 species under 118 genera belongs to 20 families of Monocot and 500 species under 314 genera belongs to 87 families of Dicot. Based on field observations, there are 76 species identified as extremely rare and rare in the present study area.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Balapure K.M. (1967.A botanical to the marble rocks, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.Bull.Bot.Surv.India, 8: 189-196. Bentham G. and Hooker J.D., (182-1883). Genera Plantarum Vol.I-III.London.
Literature cited 2: Brummit R.K. and Powell C.E., (1992).Authors of plant names: a list of authors of scientific names of plants, with recommended standard forms of their names, includes abbreviations. London: Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens.732 p. Jain S.K. and Rao R.R. (1976). A Handbook of Field and Herbarium Methods. New Delhi.

ID: 63555
Title: Effect of tree leaf mulches on weed in Pearl Millet + Mung Bean intercropping under Guava based Agri-Horti System
Author: Sanjay Chechi, Manoj Kumar Singh, Sandeep Kumar, Hari Singh and Amol V. Dahiphale
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (7) 659- 662 (2019)
Subject: Effect of tree leaf mulches on weed in Pearl Millet + Mung
Keywords: Guava based agro forestry, Pearl millet, Mung bean; Tree leaves mulching, Weed density and dry weight, Pearl millet equivalent yield.
Abstract: An experiment was laid out during rainy (Kharif) in Randomized Block Design with three applications under agri-horti system (Fruit based agro forestry system) viz., guava based Agri-horti system. The soil of the experimental field was sandy loam in texture with acidic in reaction. It was moderately fertile, being low in organic carbon and nitrogen, medium in phosphorus and potassium. Pearl millet +Mung bean +Mulching (Moringa Spp. Leaves-4 ton/ha) recorded the lowest weed density and weed dry weight weight thereby maximum weed control efficiency which proved superiority over other mulching treatments. Pearl millet + Mung bean intercropping along with mulching of Moringa spp. Leaves (4 ton/ha) recorded significantly more total pearl millet equivalent grain and straw yields over other treatment combinations.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Bilalis D., Sidiras N., Economou G. and Vakali C. (2003).Effect of Different Levels of Wheat Straw Soil surface Coverage on Weed Flora in Vicia faba Crops.Agron.Crop Sciences, 189: 233-241. Bueren E.T.L., Struik P.C. and Jacobsen E. (2002).Ecological concepts in organic farming and their consequences for anorganic crop ideotype.J. of Life Science, 50: 1-26.
Literature cited 2: Duryea M.L.English R.J. and Hermansen L.A., (1999) .A comparision of landscape mulches: chemical, allelopathic, and decomposition properties.J.of Arboriculture, 25: 88-97. Haque M., Sharma R.P. and Prasad S. (2008).Weed control in maize based intercropping system under rainfed condition. ISWS Biennial Conference on Weed Management in Modern Agriculture, FWebruary 27-28, 2008, Pusa, Bihar, 118p.

ID: 63554
Title: Fitting Statistical Distribution to Diameter and Resin Yield of Pinus roxburghii Stand
Author: Bharti, R.K. Gupta and P.K.Mahajan
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (7) 649- 654 (2019)
Subject: Fitting Statistical Distribution to Diameter and Resin Yield of Pinus roxburghii Stand
Keywords: Pinus roxburghii, Resin, Lognormal and gamma probability distribution
Abstract: Statistical probability distributions are widely used in Forestry to model tee diameter distribution and to explain stand structure .The present investigation was carried out with the objective to fit probability distribution and find expected number of trees in diameter and yield classes. The data were collected on 145 trees for seven years w.e.f. year 2005 to year 2011 from natural regenerated Pinus roxburghii forest Solan Himachal Pradesh .Lognormal and gamma distributions were statistically fitted to observed diameter and resin yield. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test of goodness of fit indicated that these two distributions can be used to estimate number of trees in diameter classes. Also, lognormal distributions can be used to estimate number of trees in resin yield classes.
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Literature cited 1: DeLiocourt F. (1898).De I’amenagement des Sapiniers.Bull.Soc.For. 3: 396-409. Fallahchai M.M.and Hashemi S.A. (2011) The application of some probability distributions in order to fit the trees diameter in North o Iran.J.Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences, 1 (10): 397-400.
Literature cited 2: Hafley W.L.and Schrender H.T. (1977).Statistical distributions for fitting diameter and height data in even aged stands.Canadian J.Foretry Research, 7: 481-487. Mabvurira D., Maltamo M. and Kangas A. (2002).Predicting and calibrating diameter distribution of Eucalyptus grandis (Hill) Maiden plantation in Zimbabwe. New Forest, 23: 207-233.

ID: 63553
Title: Effect of Preinoculation with indigenous and introduced Abuscular Mycorrhizae (AM) on growth, Biomass and Biochemical Contents of Albizia lebbeck Benth.Seedlings in Acid Lateritic Soil
Author: Somdatta Ghosh and N.K.Verma
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (7) 649- 654 (2019)
Subject: Effect of Preinoculation with indigenous and introduced Abuscular Mycorrhizae (AM) on growth, Biomass and Biochemical Contents of Albizia lebbeck
Keywords: arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM), Growth, Biomass, Chlorophyll, Mycorrhizal dependence.
Abstract: Afforestation in most tropical soils is a real problem as those are not only P-deficient but also P-fixing. Acid lateritic soil is dry and deficient in essential nutrients and rich in Al and iron. Application of chemical fertilizer is of little use and expensive for plantation in this soil type. Nursery inoculation with selected arbuscular mycorhizal (AM) fungi, as phosphate biofertilizer may be a better option.Albizia lebbeck Benth is widely used as avenue tree roadsides and in tea and coffee plantations; and a good quality fodder. Inoculation of the tree seedlings in nursery with three indigenous AM-fungal isolates: Glomus aggregatum, Acaulospra delicate,Paraglomus AM-fungal isolates: Glomus aggregatum, Acaulospora delicate, Paraglomus occultum and one introduced Glomus mosseae enhanced growth within 60 days. At 240th day, maximum total biomass was enormously high (P<0.001); in treatments of G.aggregatum (140%), followed by A.delicata (135%),G.mosseae (134%) and Paraglomus occultum (121%).Shoot P content was also increased significantly (P<0.01) in all AMF treatments except in Paraglomus occultum (P<0.05) than control. Mycorrhizal dependency on G. Aggregatum is maximum (58.3%), on A.delicata and G.mosseae was almost same (57.1-57.5%), least dependency on Paraglomus occultum (54.7%).
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Literature cited 1: Arnon D.I. (1949) Copper enzyme in isolated chloroplasts, polyphenoloxidase in Beta vulgaris .Plant Physiology, 24: 1-5. Auge R.M. (2001).Water relations, drought and vesicular–arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Mycorrhiza, 11:3-42.
Literature cited 2: Bagyaraj D.J. (1984) .biological interactions with VAM fungi. In: Mycorrhiza, (Powell CL and Bagyaraj DJ Eds).Boca Raton: CRC Press.ISBN:0-8493-5694-6,:131-3pp Bolan N.S. (1991).A critical review on the role of mycorrhizal fungi in the uptake of phosphorus by plants. Plant soil, 134: 189-207.

ID: 63552
Title: A Rapid assessment of Annual grassland fire using Remote Sensing and GIS in Keibul Lamjao National Park, Manipur
Author: Rocky Pebam and PLN Raju
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (7) 643- 648 (2019)
Subject: Wood specific gravity of some tree species in sub-tropical humid climate of India
Keywords: Biomass, Heavy wood, Gravity, Weight, Plantation
Abstract: This paper analysed the pattern and extent of controlled fire in the floating grasslands of Keibul Lamjao National Park, Manipur, which is home to the endemic and endangered brow antlered deer (Rucervus eldi eldi) .The grass land is controlled burnt every year as a part of park management. The extent of the fie in 2017 was analysed using remote sensing data utilizing imageries from Indian Remote Sensing satellites and Landsat data. The fire scars were also compared with NASA’s VIIRS active fire pixel data pertaining to the period. About 53.38 % of the total grassland area of the park had been effected by fire. The time-series (from 2001 to 2017) analysis of annual fires in the park showed that on an average about 300 to 350 ha of the park was burnt every year with the highest area being in 2017, followed by 2009.Considering the potential ecological impact of this annual practice, some new management strategies which will be ecologically sound, economically feasible and technically simple have been suggested for improving the habitat condition of the park for better survival of the endemic deer.
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Literature cited 1: Leima T.S., Pebam R. and Hussain S.A. (2008) Dependence of lakeshore communities for livelihood on the floating grasslands of Keibul Lamjao National Park,Manipur,India.In: Proceedings of Taal 2007: The 12th World lake Conference , 29th Oct.-2nd Nov., 2007, 2088-2090 pp.
Literature cited 2: Pebam R., Sanggaileima T. and Sudhakar S. (2015) .Changes in the habitat of Sangai: A concern for survival of the Brow antiered deer. Presented at National Workshop on “Conservation and Sustainable Management of Sangai”, IBSD, Imphal, 16-17 April 2015. Shamungou K. (2007) .Manipur brow antlered deer: red alert .Tigerpaper, 21 (1): 8-11.

ID: 63551
Title: Wood specific gravity of some tree species in sub-tropical humid climate of India
Author: Bisleshna Tamang, Biplov C.Sarkar, Nazir A.Pala, Gopal Shukla, Vineeta P.A.Sofi and Sumit Chakravarty
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (7) 637- 642 (2019)
Subject: Wood specific gravity of some tree species in sub-tropical humid climate of India
Keywords: Biomass, Heavy wood, Gravity, Weight, Plantation
Abstract: The utility of wood specific gravity value for biomass estimation and its importance in climate mitigation is very vital. The present study was carried out in the campus of Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya (W.B), India from September, 2016 to May, 2018.In the present study 86 trees species were taken for the study and categorized into four class’s viz, forestry tree species, road side plantation, fruit crops and plantation crops based on their uses and distribution in the study area. Specific gravity was determined by the maximum moisture method. The value of wood specific gravity ranged between 0.10 cm3 to 0.92 cm3 with average value of 0.56 cm3.Out of the 86 reported species, maximum numbers (28) had wood specific gravity value in the range of (0.60-0.70cm3) followed by (15) species between with ( 0.30-0.40) .The average wood specific gravity value recorded for different category of plantation was highest for forestry tree species (0.74 cm3) followed by plantation crops, fruits crops and lowest value was recorded for roadside plantation (0.57 cm3) .Maximum number of species (42) were having WSG value in the range o 0.5-0.7 and minimum number of species (16) having SG ≥ 0.7 and were categorized as moderately heavy wood and heavy wood respectively. The results of the present study may be useful for estimation of biomass through non-destructive methods on large scale in the area.
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Literature cited 1: Anon.(2001) .4th Working Plan for the Forests of Cooch Behar district and Jalpaiguri district ( Part) Comprising Cooch Behar Forests Division and Cooch Behar S.F Division Volume -1, 2000-01 to 2009-10.Divisional Forest Officer ,Working Plans (North) Division, Darjeeling. Baker T.R., Phillips O.L., Malhi Y., Almeida S., Arroya L., Di Flore A., Erwin T., Higuchi N., Mileen T.J., Laurence S.G., Lauence F., Lewis S.L. ,Monteagudo A., Neil,D.A., Vargas P.N.,Pitman N.C.A,Silva J.N.M.and Martinez R.V., (2004) Increasing biomass in Amazonian forest plots. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 359: (1443):353-365.
Literature cited 2: Brown S. (1997) .Estimating Biomass and Biomass Change ofTropical Forests: A Prime Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Forestry Paper 134.Rome: FAO. Chane J.W., Qiang Zhang Q. And Cao K.F. (2009) .Inter species variation of photosynthetic and xylem hydraulic traits in the deciduous and evergreen Euphorbiaceae tree species from a seasonally tropical forest in south-western China. Ecology Research, 24: 65-73.