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ArticlesMultiplication of shisham through branch cuttings
Muhammad Afzal, Aqeela Mobeen Akhter, Masood Amjad
An experiment was conducted at Research Nursery, Punjab Forestry Research Institute, Faisalabad to check the possibility of raising Shisham (Dalbergia sissoo) through branch cuttings. The cuttings were prepared from one-year-old branches of resistant plus tree…
25 May 2024- Articles
Fuelwood scarcity in Pakistan
Mohammad Amjad
The National Commission on Agriculture (1988) underlined shortage of fuelwood in the country and projected a much bigger gap between demand and supply by turn of the century. Several other studies have made similar assertions about fuelwood situation in Pakist…
25 May 2024 - Articles
M.Sc Forestry thesis research at Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar 2002-2004 course
Sardar Mohammad Rafique
M.Sc Forestry thesis research at Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar 2002-2004 course
25 May 2024 - Articles
Local communities' access to forest resources of Hilkot watershed, Mansehra (Pakistan)
Anwar Ali, Hakim Shah
This study analyzes the local communities' access to forest resources of Hilkot watershed, a small area of 1600 ha with a total population of 7500, located in Mansehra district of N.W.F.P. The total forest area is 710 ha (44% of the total area) which consis…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Assessing range vegetation and carrying capacity in Rakh goharwala (Thal)
Amjad Ali Chaudhry, Chaudhry Muhammad Muslim, Muhammad Mushtaque
A survey of Rakh Goharwala (Thai) was conducted in September, 2000. Eleusine flagellifera was the key grass species. 26.37% and 16 88% ground was covered by grasses/herbs and shrubs, respectively while 56.75% was uncovered. Carrying capacity was found to be 1.…
25 May 2024 - Articles
M.Sc Forestry thesis research at Pakistan Forest Institute, 2001-2003
Ghayyas Ahmad
M.Sc Forestry thesis research at Pakistan Forest Institute, 2001-2003
25 May 2024 - Articles
Some suitable and sustainable strategies for improving rangeland productivity in Pakistan
Muhammad Umar Farooq
Rangelands are the largest natural resource, occupying about 62 percent of total area of Pakistan These rangelands produce and support more than 91.091 million livestock heads Most importantly, there is a need to improve the production potential of the grassla…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Leaf area and girth relationship in Populus deltoides grown in NWFP, Pakistan
Nasreen Fatimah Rao, Muhammad Tahir Laeeq, Kanwar Muhammad Suleman
In order to determine the relationship between leaf area and girth of P. deltoids trees grown in Charsadda district of NWFP area, simple, multiple and double log regression analysis was carried out. Girth of the tree was used as dependent variable and leaf are…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Effect of four leguminous tree species on the growth of E. camaldulensis
Chaudhry Abdul Rashid, Raja Muhammad Omer, Chaudhry Muhammad Faisal, Waqar Ahmed, Zahid Ali
The study was conducted in irrigated plantation of Chichawatni, Pakistan to measure the effect of four leguminous species (Parkinsonia aculeata. Albizzia lebbek Leuceana leucocephala and Dalbergia sissoo) on the growth of fast growing species (Eucalyptus camal…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Ex-situ cultivation of medicinal plant species in high altitudes at Swat, Pakistan
Kiramat Khan, Tahir Sajjad, Nasrullah Jan Malik, Hassan Sher, Farrukh Hussain, Muhammad Iqbal
An ex-situ experiment was conducted to evaluate, the growth performance of six medicinal plant species (Bergenia ciliata, Crocus sativa, Dioscorea deltoidea, Paeonia emodi, Polygonum amplexicaule and Viola serpense) at four different locations in upper Swat va…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Multiple land use: poplar plantation with poplar nursery
Muhammad Afzal, Aqeela Mobeen Akhter
It is concluded from the study that 19% of the expenditure can be saved by raising poplar nursery and poplar plantation together instead of growing them separately. This amount was saved because some operations do not need repetition when these two activities…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Tarbela watershed management project historical prospective, impact, lessons learnt
Mohammad Iqbal Swati
Intro: Pakistan's major mountain systems - the Himalayas, Karakoram, Hindukush, Suleman, Kirthar, central Balochistan, and Mekran ranges, form the important watersheds in the country. However, the dependable watersheds are located in the northern parts of the…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Invasive alien tree species - a threat to biodivesity
Altaf Hussain, Raja Muhammad Zarif
The spread of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) is now recognized as one of the greatest threats to the ecological and economic wellbeing of the planet. These species are causing varying degree of damage to biodivesity and valuable natural and agricultural systems…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Regeneration status in a proposed biodiversity conservation area of Bangladesh
M. Al-Amin, M. Alamgir
The paper describes the composition and status of regeneration in a proposed biodiversity conservation area (Bamerchara and Danerchara) Chittagong, Bangladesh. A stratified random quadrat method was used to study the regeneration status. Total 143 seedlings an…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Relative resistance of some silkworm, Bombyx mori L. strains against bacterial flacherie under high temperature and relative humidity conditions
Sardar M. Rafique, Ghulam Ali Bajwa
Eight exotic bivoltine silkworm strains, four of Japanese origin (J-99, J-101, 205-MKD, 206-MKD), and four Chinese (C-102, 206-PO, 207-PO, 208-PO) were screened for their relative resistance against bacterial flacherie. In addition, effect of high temperature…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Status of the migratory waterfowls in wetlands of NWFP (Chashma barrage, Tarbela reservoir and Thanadar Wala)
Mian Muhammad Shafiq
A waterfowl survey of Chashma Barrage, Tarbela Reservoir and Thanadar Wala was conducted during 24th January to 6th February, 2002 to determine the status of migratory waterfowls visiting these wetlands. Direct sighting and counting of birds technique was adap…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Medicinal plants of Udigram, district Swat, Pakistan
Hassan Sher, Midrarullah, A. U. Khan, Z. U. Khan, Farrukh Hussain, Siraj Ahmad
A study of the medicinal plants of Udigram, District Swat was conducted during spring and summer 2003. The study revealed 78 species under 37 genera belonging to 47 families, of which 68 plant were dicotyledons, 6 monocotyledons, 1 gymnosperm, 2 pteriodophytes…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Eucalyptus pulpwood production potential of saline and waterlogged areas in Pakistan
Kanwar Muhammad Suleman, Muhammad Tahir Laeeq, Nasreen Fatima Rao, Altaf Hussain
Pulpwood production potential of eucalyptus, grown on saline and waterlogged lands in Pakistan was studied in consideration to mean annual increment, wood basic density and yield of pulp. The results revealed that about 30.2 million cubic metre of eucalyptus p…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Distribution and morphometry of 11 different genera of basidiomycetes collected from natural forests and plantations
Muhammad Arif Chaudhary, Ejaz Ahmed
Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar is maintaining the Forest Pathology Herbarium since its creation. The herbarium preserved more than 3500 specimens of Myco-pathological importance including those received from Dehradun, India. In all 175 available specimens…
25 May 2024 - Articles
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