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Dry afforestation experiments in Peshawar
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh
To test the survival and growth of different tree species, under climatic conditions obtaining in Peshawar, three studies were laid out in the Pakistan Forest Institute in 1977. In all the three studies one year old tube plants were used. Planting was done jus…
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Suitability of some woody and non-woody raw-materials for pulp and paper as based on fiber dimension
Muhammad Ayaz
Pakistan is deficient in pulp and paper. This is mainly because of shortage of raw material for this industry in the country. To broaden the raw material base for paper manufacture, studies were under taken to investigate the suitability of some of the home gr…
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Olive cultivation in Pakistan (A Review)
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh, M. Ismail Chaudhry
The edible varieties of olive (Olea europaea) were first introduced in the Punjab as far back as 1866. Over a period of 100 years sporadic attempts have been made to grow the tree under a wide range of climatic and edaphic conditions either by importing grafte…
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Studies on the spontaneous plastid mutation in Dahlia variabilis DESF
Islam Mahmud Khan, Gulzar Ahmad Khan, Shoukat Islam
Three plants of Dahlia variabilis were observed to have variegated leaves. On studying these spontaneously arising plastid mutations the stomatal cells (mixed stomata) were found to have both green and colorless plastids. Comparative studies of the number of p…
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Phytosociological studies of Suleiman mountains in Balochistan
Mirza Hakim Khan Dr
Vegetation surveys were carried out in November, 1989 in Suleiman Mountains in the habitat of markhor. A study of communities was carried out according to the method of Braun Bkanquet. Two major plant communities were identified, namely Olea cuspidate, Pistaci…
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Chemical Characteristics and utilization of AK (Calotropis procera) Fibres
S. M. A. Shah, A. Razzaq, M. T. Younis
Two series of Ak samples, one collected at random from ten different sources at the flowering stage and the other at various stages of maturity had earlier been studied for a number of physical characteristics (14). The series were now investigated for major c…
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Obituary: Mohammad Asghar Qureshi, Director Forest Education
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Obituary: Mohammad Asghar Qureshi, Director Forest Education
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A note on the causes of mortality of Bamboo around Sargodha
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh
Note: Two species of bamboo have been planted by the agriculturists around Sargodha. One of these is Denderocalamus strictus and the other one is yet to be identified, although it is indicated as Denderocalamus by the Forest Botanist. Denderocalamus strictus i…
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Natural resistance of various timbers to the attack of Coptotermes heimi (Wasm)
M. Ismail Chaudhry, Nasrullah Khan, M. Arshad
Twelve common timbers of Pakistan have been tested for their resistance against the attack of Coptotermes heimi Wasm., a most destructive and common termite. Based on the longevity of workers and soldiers released on saw dusts of these timbers. Cedrus deodara…
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Evaluation of multipurpose tree species under Barani conditions at Dagarkotli
Bashir Hussain Shah, Mohammad Noor
A study was laid out at Dagarkotli in February, 1982 to compare the survival, growth and biomass production of five multipurpose tree species under barani conditions planted in the roaded catchments with a trench. The experimental design was randomized complet…
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Performance of poplar clones under irrigated conditions in the Punjab
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh
Intro: A number of studies have been laid out in Pakistan to select suitable clones of Poplar for different climatic regions. A recently concluded experiment near Peshawar (annual rainfall 300 mm) has shown the superiority of P. deltoides 7-63/51 over P. delto…
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Chemical evaluation of Quercus glauca seeds and its oil
Abdul Ghaffar Marwat, Pazir Gul, Fazli Wahid Khan
Oil extracted from the seeds of Quercus glauca with soxhlet apparatus, using petroleum ether as a solvent, was analyzed for its physico-chemical constants and composition of fatty acids. The oil was found to be a non-drying comparing favorably well with oils f…
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Re-introduction of blackbuck in Pakistan
Abdul Aleem
Blackbuck (Antelope cervicapra) was oncea native of Cholistan desert and was so plentiful that 50 animals were presented in 1930 by the Nawab of Bahawalpur to some ranchers in Texas where they had increased to 5000 by 1967, the blackbuck had been exterminated…
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Performance of tropical grasses under semi-humid sub-tropical conditions of Pakistan
Nasir M. But, Noor Mohammad, Sartaj, M. I. Sultani
Twenty tropical grass species of six different general were grown in spring 1983 in the forage and pasture experimental area of NARC, Islamabad, Pakistan. All the grass strains were replicated thrice in the plots of 3x4 m size. The grass were harvested at grou…
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Workshop on wildlife (note)
Abdul Aleem
Intro: A workshop on wildlife was held at the PFI on May 10, 11, 1977. Keith Howman, Secretary, Overseas Projects, World Pheasant Association was the chief guest. Mirza (Z.B.) imputed the decline of wildlife populations to deterioration of habitat, over shooti…
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Alnus nitida, Linn. (note)
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh
Intro: Alnus nitida (sharol) is a large tree (upto 30 m height and 1 m dbh), comes up naturally on banks of streams and on moist sites in Hazara, Swat and Azad Kashmir from 1000 m to 1500 m elevation. Is being heavily cut for the manufacture of bobbins.
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A preliminary study on diversity and abundance of insect pollinators of Paulownia species
Naveed Ahmed, M. Hamayoon Khan, Mian Inayat-Ullah
A study was conducted in the Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar to record the insect pollinators and their abundance on the inflorescence of Paulownia during spring season. The insect species, belonging to 6 families of order Hymenoptera and order Diptera, we…
25 May 2024