NUMERICAL CHECK ON THINNINGS IN SHISHAM (DALBERGIA SISSOO)
Ishtiaq Ahmad Qazi, Raja Walayat Hussain and Muhammad Afzal Cheema
Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar
Abstract:
Shisham is the principal tree species being grown in the irrigated plantations of the Punjab for over a century. The main object of raising these plantations was to produce fuelwood initially for railway engines and later for meeting fuel requirements of the big cities of the province. The object of management was, in due course of time, modified to include timber production also. At present almost all the plantations are being managed with this combined objective irrespective of the fact whether the objects are realized separately (11) or collectively (1 to 5).