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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.

ID: 63528
Title: Growth of Teak (Tectona grandis Linn.f) Stumps in Bagasse Fly Ash Incorporated Medium
Author: P.Masilamani, P.Balasubramaniam, V.Alex Albert and M.Govindaraj
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (5) 455- 458 (2019)
Subject: Growth of Teak (Tectona grandis Linn.f) Stumps in Bagasse Fly Ash Incorporated Medium
Keywords: Tectona grandis, Stumps, Bagasse fly ash, Survival, Initial seedling growth
Abstract: Seedling growth performance of Tectona grandis stumps were evaluated in a range of growth media with and without bagasse fly ash as component. The results revealed that after thirty days of planting the stumps in nursery media, the maximum survival (98%) was observed in stumps planted in red earth +sand + farm yard manure at 2:1:1 ratio followed by 90 per cent survival in stumps planted in fly ash + red earth + farm yard manure at 1:1:1 ratio. The observation on number of leaves per stump, number of secondary roots per stump and dry matter production were highest i.e , 6.0, 6.3, 3.67 at the stumps planted in red earth alone. The results for sixty days after planting observation on survival percentage, shoot length, number of leaves per stump, number of secondary roots per stump and dry matter production were also highest 10.0, 8.0 and 6.30 in stumps planted in fly ash + sand + farm yard manure at 1: 1: 1 ratio. Hence, the present investigations concluded that among the different media evaluated for seedling growth, bagasse fly ash mixed with sand and farm yard seedling growth in Tectona grandis.
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Literature cited 1: Anguissola S., Silva S.and Botteschi G. (1999) Effect of fly ash on the availability of Zn, Cu, Ni and Cd to chicory –Agric..Ecosystems and Environ., 72:159-163. Di H.J., Harrison R. And Campbell A.S. (1994) .Assessment of methods for studying dissolution of phosphate fertilizers of differing solubility in Soil: An isotopic method.Fert.Res., 38: 1-9.
Literature cited 2: Jamil M., Qasim, Umar M. and Subhan A. (2004) .Impact of organic wastes (Baggasse Ash) on the yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L) in a calcareous soil.Int.J. Agri.Biol.6: 468-470. Masilamani P., Balasubramaniam P. Paramathma M. and Jude Sudhagar R. (2015) .Germination behaviour of Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) seeds in bagasse fly ash incorporated medium. J. Non-timber For. Prod.., 22:65-68.

ID: 63527
Title: Evaluation of Ret Species from Preserved Forests of Konkan Region, Maharashtra State, India
Author: Anuradha S. Upadhye, D.K.Kulkarni and G.P. Pathak
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (5) 447- 454 (2019)
Subject: Evaluation of Ret Species from Preserved Forests of Konkan Region, Maharashtra State, India
Keywords: RET species, Sacred Groves, Konkan, Biodiversty evaluation
Abstract: The western Ghats is bo-rich and particularly Konkan region of Maharashtra posses iconic biodiversity .Today this biodiversity is highly preserved in a special type of vegetation the ‘Sacred groves or Devrais or Deorahat.’These vegetation patches are being preserved by local people on religious belief. It is conserved with respect to specific deity on ritual belief or without any deity or offered ‘Vattan’ to the particular community. These communities are taking care of these virgin forest patches for social, cultural, religious and even for funeral activities. Such forests patches support luxuriant growth of indigenous flora and harbour rare, endangered and threatened (RET) and endemic species. In the present status report, 45 preserved forests from 4 districts of Konkan region were surveyed which results into documentation of RET species and 43 endemic species. These species can be used as future germplasm. The taxon data sheet was prepared for documentation of field observations and analysis was carried out as per guidelines provided by IUCN and CAMP exercise. The collected specimens were deposited at AHMA. Based on this analysis conservation measures can b planned for these 15 RET species and locations can serve as gene banks for respective species.
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Literature cited 1: Arora R.K. and Engels J.M.M.(1993) Genetic resources in medicinal and aromatic plants: their conservation and use Acta Horticulturae, 330:21-38 Bhusae S., Bhosale B. And Kulkarni D.K. (2014).Traditional heritage of Kalamvihira sacred grove conservation and culture practices associated in tribal’s of Jawhar, Thane district Maharashtra State, India. Indian J.Advances in Plant Research (IJAPR), 1 (6): 5-9.
Literature cited 2: Deshmukh S.V. (1999). Conservation and Development of sacred groves in Maharashtra, Final report of the World Bank aided Project submitted to the Department of Forests, Government of Maharashtra, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Mumbai. Gammie G.A. (1903). The trees and shrubs of the Lonavala and Karla groves,J.Bom.Nat.Hist.Soc., 15 (2): 279-293.

ID: 63526
Title: Biological Spectrum and Life form studies of Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary, Chandauli District, Uttar Pradesh
Author: Nitisha Srivastava and Achuta nand Shukla
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (5) 435- 446 (2019)
Subject: Biological Spectrum and Life form studies of Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary, Chandauli District, Uttar Pradesh
Keywords: Life forms, Biological spectrum, Chandra Prabha Wildlife sanctuary, Chandauli district
Abstract: The present work deals with the study of Life Form and Biological Spectrum of Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary, Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. The sanctuary is spread between the area Chakia and Naugarh, having rich vegetation over an area of 78 square kilometres. The area lies between the latitudes 24°52’ 0” N to 25°3’55” and 83°22’55” longitudes. During botanical investigation a total number of 269 species belonging to different plant groups were recorded and grouped into various life-form classes viz, Therophytes, Cryptophytes, Hemicryptophytes, Phanerophytes and Chamaephyte. The study reflects the impact of various biotic factors on overall vegetation structure and composition of the area.
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Literature cited 1: Cain S.A. (1950).Life-form and phytoclimates. The Botanical Review, 16 (1): 1-32. Dadhich L.K. (1982).The biological spectrum of flora of Jhamarkotra .Acta.Ecol., 4:17-20.
Literature cited 2: Drude D. (1980).Handbuch der Pflanzengeographie.J.Engelhorn Stuttgart., 528 p. Grisebach A (1838) Uber den Einfluss des Klimas auf die Begrenzung der naturlichen Floren. Linnea, 12:15-200.

ID: 63525
Title: Effect of Maturation, Media and Orientation on Germination and Seedling Emergence in Nyctanthes arbour-tristis Linn
Author: Nawa Bahar
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (5) 429- 434 (2019)
Subject: Effect of Maturation, Media and Orientation on Germination and Seedling Emergence in Nyctanthes arbour-tristis Linn
Keywords: Maturation, Medium, Orientation, Vigour, Nyctanthes arbour-tristis
Abstract: Studies revealed that all the parameters such as germination per cent, mean germination time, germination value, germination energy, root length, shoot length and seedling vigour index were found higher in the seed extracted from yellow fruits. This identification mark may be more useful for nursery growers for production of quality seedling. Seeds were sown in different media such as top of paper, between paper, a sand and top of sand. The highest vigour index was recorded on the top of sand medium. Therefore, it is suggested that sand may be as suitable medium for germination of this species under laboratory condition. Seeds of this species sown in three different positions under laboratory conditions indicated that highest vigour index (661.20) was recorded in horizontal position.
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Literature cited 1: Abdul-Baki A.A and Anderson J.D. (1973).Vigour determination in soya bean seed by multiple criteria. Crop Science.13:630-632. Bahuguna V.K. Rawat M.M.S. Joshi S.R. and Maithani G.P. (1987 a) Studies on the viability, germination and longevity of Terminalia myriocarpa seed.J.Tropical Forestry, 3 (iV): 318-323.
Literature cited 2: Bahuguna V.K. , Sood O.P. and Rawat M.M.S. (1987 b) Preliminary studies on the germination behaviour of Adhaatoda vasica seeds .An important shrub for regreening of Sub-Himalayan Wastelands. Indian Forester, 113 (6) :256-261.

ID: 63524
Title: Regeneration Potential of different Species of Conifers in Natural Forests of Kashmir Himalaya
Author: Helal A. Lone and G.H. Rather
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (5) 421- 428 (2019)
Subject: Regeneration Potential of different Species of Conifers in Natural Forests of Kashmir Himalaya
Keywords: Regeneration potential, Seedlings, Saplings, Abies pindrow, Kashmir Himalaya
Abstract: Regeneration potential refers to processes including production, dispersal and germination of tree seeds and the seubsequent establishment of seedlings. Regeneration of forests is a major concern for forest managers now a day on account of large-scale deforestation. For the purpose, a thorough survey of the affected forests is a prerequisite. In the present study, an attempt was made to get an insight about the present status and future prospects of dominant tree species of forests of Langate Forest Division in Kashmir Himalaya. The tree community of the studied forests is dominated by conifers. A total of five species represented the coniferous community of Langate forests. Among the species Abies pindrow, Picea smithiana and cupressus sp. Showed contagious distribution (A/F> 0.05) while as Cedrus deodara and pinus wallichiana depicted randomly to regular distribution patterns. The study revealed different facets of regeneration potential for different species. Cedrus deodara and Pinus wallichian were found to have fair prospects of regeneration with a density of mature trees, saplings and seedlings varying in the order: seedlings>saplings>mature trees at all the four selected sites. The populations of third dominant species Abies pindrow were found dwindling as is evident from a low density of seedlings and saplings at all the sites and hence needs immediate attention.
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Literature cited 1: Barik S.K., Rao, P., Tripathi R.S. and Pandey H.N. (1996).Dynamics of tree seeding populations in a humid subtropical forest of north-east a India as related to the disturbance. Can .J. for. Res., 26:584-589. Bullock J. (2000).Gaps and seedling colonization .In: Fenner, M. (ed.) Seeds: The Ecology of Regeneration in Plant Communities. CABI Publishing.UK.375-395 pp.
Literature cited 2: Chapin F.S., Zaveleta E.S., Eviner V.T., Naylor R.L. Vitousek P.M. and Lavorel S. (2000).Consequences of changing biotic diversity .Nature, 405: 234-242. Curtis J.T. and Cottam G. (1956).Plant Ecology Workbook. Laboratory Field Reference Manual. Burgess Publ. Co., Minnesota .193pp.

ID: 63523
Title: Regime of National Forest Policy and the North East India
Author: Franky Varah, C. Pamreishang and Tuisem Shimrah
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (5) 413- 420 (2019)
Subject: Regime of National Forest Policy and the North East India
Keywords: Forest cover, North East India, Forest Policy, Tribal, Community Rights
Abstract: The present Forest Policy of India is derived from the National Forest Policy of 1952.It is targeted 33 % forest cover throughout India, and 60 % forest cover in mountainous and hill regions of the country. This objective was reiterated in the National Forest Policy of 1988 and confirmed in the National Forestry Commission Report of 2006.The North East India is rich in biological and cultural diversity, and as such the majority of the states in the region met the prescribed policy norms. In fact, the North Eastern states of India have the potential for more afforestation. However, according to the recent Forest Survey of India Report, the North Eastern states have had the highest loss of forest in India in recent times. This paper argues that the reason for forest loss is most likely just a tip of the iceberg. In the ground reality, there are a lot of reasons for the loss of forest that include among other issues; the questions of ownership rights, forest policies, poverty, and development activities. The study has shown that forest policy not only infringed upon the peoples’ rights but also contributed to forest degradation.
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Literature cited 1: Alcorn J.B. (1993).Indigenous Peoples and Conservation, Conservation Biology 7: 424-426. Alier, A. And Changkija S. (2003).Indigenous Knowledge and Resources Management, In: The Anthropology of North-East India: A textbook (Subha, TB and Ghosh, GC eds). New Delhi: Orient Longman
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ID: 63522
Title: Biomass Production and carbon stock of Agroforestry Practices in the Mid Hills of Central Himalaya
Author: R.P. Yadav, J.K. Bisht and A. Pattanayak
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (5) 409- 412 (2019)
Subject: Biomass Production and carbon stock of Agroforestry Practices in the Mid Hills of Central Himalaya
Keywords: Agroforestry, Carbon sequestration, High-density plantation, Himalaya
Abstract: Himalayan region has a long tradition of agroforestry, several indigenous agroforestry systems based on people’s needs and site-specific characteristics have been developed over the years. Agroforestry practices have attractive, wide and promising potential to store carbon and remove atmospheric carbon dioxide through enhanced growth of trees. A study was conducted at experimental farm Hawalbagh, Almora, India to study was conducted at experimental farm Hawalbagh, Almora, India to assess the carbon stock in different agroforestry practices in the mid hills of Central Himalayas. Tree density of Carya illinoinensis (Pecan nut) was 238 trees ha-1 and a total of 21.90 Mg C ha-1 was stored in the pecan nut sem biomass in pecan nut based agrihorti system. The density of fruit trees was 277 trees ha-1 and it was found that carbon stock in pear was highest (12.7 mg ha-1) followed by apricot ( 7.33 Mg ha-1) , plum (5.78 Mg ha-1) and lemon ( 3.79 Mg ha-1) in fruit based agrihorti system. The carbon stock of high density (1.0 m x 1.0 m) plantation lf Quercus leucotrichophora (Oak) was 17.55 Mg carbon per hectare per year. Biomass carbon equivalent carbon dioxide (CO2) turned out to be 80.03 Mg C ha-1 for pecan nut, 46.61 Mg C ha-1 for pear, 26.90 Mg C ha-1 for apricot, 21.20 Mg C ha-1 for plum and 13.91 Mg C ha-1 for lemon in pecan nut and fruit based agrihorti systems, respectively. Thus, agroforestry systems contributing towards tapping of atmospheric CO2 vis-a-vis mitigation of greenhouse gases while proving remunerative to farmers.
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Literature cited 1: Albrecht A. And Kandiji S.T. (2003) .Carbon sequestration in tropical agroforestry system. Agriculture Ecosystem and Environment. 99: 15-27. Alegre, J. Krishnamurthy L. and Callo-Concha D. (2004) .Carbon sequestration by Amazonian agroforestry systems. In: Proceedings of the first world congress of agroforestry book of abstracts. University of Florida, Institute of Food, Agricultural Sciences, Orlando, USA, 162pp.
Literature cited 2: Ares A., Reid W. And Brauer D. (2006).Production and economics of native pecan silvopastures in central United States.Agroforesty Systems, 66:205-215. Debi B., Bhardwaj D.R., Panwar P., Pal S., Gupta N.K. and Thakur C.L. (2013). Carbon allocation, sequestration and carbon dioxide mitigation under plantation forests of north western Himalaya,India.Ann.For.Res., 56: 123-135.

ID: 63521
Title: Spider Fauna of Navdanya Biodiversity farm, Uttarakhand, India
Author: Pooja A.Anil Kumar, Shazia quasin, Sree Lekshmi and Virendra Prasad Uniyal
Editor: Aarti Chaudhary
Year: 2019
Publisher: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: The Indian Forester Vol. 145 (4) 392- 397 (2019)
Subject: Spider Fauna of Navdanya Biodiversity farm, Uttarakhand, India
Keywords: Spider, Diversity, Navdanya, Farm, Guild
Abstract: Spiders are abundant in most terrestrial ecosystems forming one of the dominant macro-invertebrate predator groups. They are sensitive to a wide range of environmental factors including topography, season and other microhabitat factors. Considering their role in the ecosystem, in the present study, we attempted to investigate the diversity and composition of the spiders in Navdanya Biodiversity Farm, Uttarakhand, India. The habitat types that were selected for sampling are mango farm, herbal garden and other crop fields such as brinjal, tomato etc. Sampling was carried out in the month of June 2016.Spider specimen were collected randomly by using five semi quantitative techniques viz. , ground hand collection, aerial hand collection, sweep netting, litter sampling and beating method .A total of 112 spider specimens representing 52 species coming under 33 genera belonging to 14 families were collected from Navdanya farm. Salticidae reporting 9 genera, Oxyopes species were active in controlling insects that could be potential pests. A total of 7 feeding guilds were identified by the analysis of feeding behaviour of collected spiders. This study is also the first documentation of the spider fauna in Navdanya Biodiversity Farm, Uttarakhand, India.
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