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ArticlesConsumption Index (C.I.) and growth rate (G.R.) of the bigheaded grasshopper, Aulocara elliotti (Thomas) fed on crested wheatgrass and western wheatgrass
Naseer Hussain, R. E. Pfadt
Nymphs of Aulocara elliotti (Thomas) were raised from the beginning of the first instar to the end of the final instar on the leaves of crested wheatgrass and western wheatgrass. The average C.I. the male grasshoppers fed on crested wheatgrass and western whea…
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Twenty-eighth passing-out ceremony of the Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar (October 16, 1976)
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Annual Passing-out Ceremony
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Home and Foreign News
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Home and Foreign News
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Gazette Notificatons
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History of Forest Management in Pakistan-II, Temperate Coniferous Forests
Ghaus Mohammad Khattak
The temperate coniferous forests Pakistan and Azad Kashmir have all along been mostly worked under the selection system since their management was initiated in 1900. The uniform system was briefly tried in Galis (1924 to 1939) and Upper Siran (1927 to 1954) bu…
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Marketing of natural drug plants of Pakistan
Anwar Ahmad Khan
Drug market surveys conduct in Mingora, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Multan, Sukkur , and Karachi have revealed that large number of drugs are sold in sizable quantities in the markets of Pakistan. Thirty crude drugs were surveyed in view of their importance…
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Markhor in Chitral Gol
Abdul Aleem
The paper deals with the population dynamics and feeding behavior of Markhor (Capra falconeri falconeri) in Chitral Gol. The estimated population of 225 consisted of all age classes but with lower male/female and the young per female ratios. The percentage of…
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Pollen dispersion in Himalayan Blue Pine
K.M. Siddiqui, M. Saleem Khattak
Intro: Knowledge of pollen dispersion is useful in forest genetics and tree improvement work. Pollen flow within a tree population determines its mating pattern and consequently local and geographic variation in the species. Studies carried out in the past hav…
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Formation of cyncyte in the pollen mother cells of Petunia hybrid
Islam Mahmood Khan Dr
In the progeny of the X-ray treated plants a haploid was discovered which was then made diploid by treating it with colchicines. The pollen mother cells in the auto diploid petunia showed a remarkable shape with continuous cytoplasm and without partition walls…
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Phyto-ecological studies of the flood plains of Dera Ismail Khan
Iqbal Ahmad Alizai, Himayat Hussain Naqvi
Phyto-ecological studies of the flood plains of Indus river near Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, were carried out and five plant communities were established.
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Forests and Forestry in Northern Areas (Part II)
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh, Abdul Aleem
Intro: Out of 7,023,562 hectares land area only 4.56% i.e., 284,900 hectares is under coniferous forests. Private forests cover 233,100 hectares whereas Government owned forests are spread over 51,800 hectares which is only 18.2% of the total forest cover. Scr…
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Provisional volume tables of Hybrid poplar (PXE CV. I-214) along canal bank of Changa Manga plantation
Raja Walayat Hussain, Zaheer Ahmad
Intro: Pakistan having hardly 4% area under productive forests needs an unconventional approach to reduce the wide gap existing between wood supply and demand. To over come this imbalance foresters and researchers have realized the necessity of raising plantat…
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Cultivation prospects of exotic and indigenous poplars in Pakistan
A. R. Beg, Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh
After field trials with scores of cultivators of exotic poplars it has become possible to pinpoint a few hybrid and deltoides clones for the northern and central regions and some deltoides clones for the southern parts of the country. It has been especially em…
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Nematodes associated with Eucalyptus seedlings in Pakistan
Bashir Hussain Shah, M. Ismail Chaudhry
Fifteen genera of plant parasitic nematodes belonging to the Order Tylenchida were found in the soil and roots of Eucalyptus saplings in Silvicultural research plots Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar, Forest Plantations at Jallo, Chichawatni and Changa Manga…
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Obituary: S. Zulfiqar Ali, Ex-Joint Secretary, Federal Government O & M Wing
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Obituary: S. Zulfiqar Ali, Ex-Joint Secretary, Federal Government O & M Wing
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Biology, Ecology and behaviour of principal natural enemies of major insect pests of forest trees in Pakistan (Review)
M. A. Ghani, M. Anwar Cheema
Review:
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Forest and Forestry in Northern Areas (Part I)
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh, Abdul Aleem
Basic Facts: Northern areas, located in the extreme north of Pakistan, cover 70,235.62 km2 or 7,023,562 hectares. The tract is bounded by Afghanistan, Peoples Republic of China and Indian held territory of Kashmir on its north; Chitral on its west; Kohisten ar…
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Provisional yield assessment of quick growing species in irrigated plantations
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh, Raja Walayat Hussain
In 1967-68, seven tree species were planted in an irrigated plantation to assess their rate of growth. Although the experiment was not statistically designed due to some unavoidable circumstances and requisite silvicultural requirements of the species were not…
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