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ArticlesSoil depth vegetation relationships on Niobrara shale in Colorado foothills
Sultan Maqsood Khan
The study was conducted on the Niobrara Shale hog-back in the Colorado Foothills near Fort Collins, to determine the effect of soil depth on composition, total cover, shrub cover and herbaceous cover of the vegetation. The analysis of variance snowed significa…
25 May 2024- Articles
Dry-zone afforestation in the Juniper forests of Baluhistan
G. M. Khattak Dr, Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh
Intro: The Juniper (Juniperus excelsa) forests of Balucnistan occur over about 250,000 acres between Lat. 30° 9' and 30° 27' N, and Long. 67° 11' and 68° 3' E, on hilly and rugged terrain ranging in elevation from about 5000 to 12,000 f…
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Obituary / Condolence
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Obituary / Condolence
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Filled and empty juniper seed can be separated by water floatation
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh
Intro: Ripe berries of juniper collected in November were de-pulped by rubbing on wire gauze and on cement floor with a piece of brick. The material was then washed under tap to drain off the refuse and pulp. The clean seed was soaked in water for 20 hours ari…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Effect of Greenzit nutrient solution on growth of different forest tree species
Sarfaraz Hussain Bangash, Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh
To test the effect of Greenzit nutrient solution on different forest tree species at seeding stage, a study was conducted in Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar during 1980. Data indicate that the Greenzit nutrient solution significantly increases the height g…
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Introduction trials of winter species in sub-tropical subhumid zone at Peshawar
Mohammad Noor
Six grass and six legume species were sown i.e. November, 1977 under barani conditions at Peshawar (av, rainfall 350 mm) in eleven blocks. Festuca arundinacea (R.M. No.70) produced maximum green and air dried forage in April 1978. There was no significant diff…
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Performance of four varieties of Sesame (Sesamum indicum) and their response to fertilizer
Shakil Haider Zaidi, Anwar Ahmad Khan
Cultivation trials were conducted on four sesame (Sesamum indicum) varieties to judge their performance and response to fertilizers under Peshawar climatic conditions during the years 1978 and 1979. Varieties S-17 gave higher seed yield as compared to Calinda,…
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Pleistocene Plant Fossils of the Lower Karewa Beds of Kashmir
Relph R. Stewart
I had no intention of adding another botanical field of interest when about 1933 Dr. Helmut de Terra, then at Yale, came to Rawalpindi to collect stone age artifacts from the Soan River terraces near Morgah and to collect fossil bones from the Salt Range. He i…
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Gazette Notifications
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Gazette Notifications
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Effect of different treatments to hasten tree seed germination
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh
Intro: Since seeds of different tree species do not germinate easily, mostly due to a hard seed coat, seeds of Melia azedarach, Zizyphus mauritiana and Cassia fistula were put to miscellaneous treatments.
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Plant communities of the Juniper forests in Khalifat Ziarat (Baluchistan)
Mirza Hakim Khan Dr
The vegetation of Khalifat was studied in July, 1977, applying the method of Braun-Blanquet. The following four plant communities were recognized:(1) Caragana ambigua, Thymus serpyllum community (2) Ephedra nebrodensis, Juniperus excelsa community (3) Perovski…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Thirty Second Annual Passing Out Ceremony of the Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar (5th October, 1980)
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Thirty Second Annual Passing Out Ceremony of the Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar (5th October, 1980)
25 May 2024 - Articles
Gazette Notifications
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Gazette Notifications
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Bark volume tables of Kail (Pinus wallichiana, A. B. Jackson)
Raja Walayat Hussain, M. Afzal Cheema
Intro: The bark of a tree is the portion between the inner living phloem and outer compressed cellular structure which has lost its activity as conductive tissue. Use of tree bark for different purposes has been enumerated by Hussain and Cheema (1).
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Germination test of silver fir (Abies pindrow) Seed
G. M. Khattak, Ashiq Ahmad
Tree size from 21 to 94 cm dbh, did not appear to influence germinative energy and capacity in silver fir (Abies pindrow). Moist stratification at 40°C for 21 days did not improve germination. Seed source influenced germination significantly: Maximum germin…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Parasitic weed plants and their natural enemies with special reference to Pakistan
G. M. Baloch, M. A. Ghani
Intro: The important parasitic weeds in Pakistan include Cusxwza spp. (Convolvulaceae); Loranthus spp. (Loranthaceae); Arceuthobium spp. and Viscuni spp. (Viscaceae); Striga spp. (Scrophulariaceae); and Orobanche spp. (Orobanchaceae). They affect a wide variet…
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Home and Foreign News
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Home and Foreign News: Woodpower 80 - International conference on Forestry and Wood Utilization 1980
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Gazette Notification
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Gazette Notification
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Obituary: Late Khawaja Habibullah, DFO, Azad Kashmir Forest Department and Late Sir Harry G. Champion, C.I.E.
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Obituary: Late Khawaja Habibullah, DFO, Azad Kashmir Forest Department and Late Sir Harry G. Champion, C.I.E.
25 May 2024 - Articles
Tree seeds respond to acid scarification (note)
Mahmood Iqbal Skeikh
Intro: Acid scarification which helps modify the impermeable or hard seed coats is well known method to hasten the tree seed germination. Ceratonia siliqua, Pistacia khinjuk and Sapindus mukorossi were treated with concentrated sulphuric acid for different per…
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