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ArticlesFuel collection in the coniferous forests of Hazara Division, NWFP
K. M. Siddiqui M. Ayaz, A. Jah
Coniferous forests of Hazara Civil Division in the vicinity of habitations are under a very high pressure of fuel wood collection by the local people. It is estimated that a total of 1,597.3 tonnes of fuel and fuel wood is collected from the reserved forest of…
25 May 2024- Articles
Message from professor Dr. Hans Loeffler, Dean, Faculty of Forestry, Munich Unversity
Hans Leoffler Dr
In 1979, the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) requested the Faculty of Forestry, University of Munich, to participate in the evaluation of a project entitled Development of training and research facilities in Forest Products Engineering and Loggin…
25 May 2024 - Articles
The effect of land uses on the permeability and physical characteristics of soil in different regions of Northern Watersheds
Muhammad Hanif, Bashir Hussain Shah
Results of a study on the effect of different land uses on the physical characteristics of soil are presented. Permeability, bulk density, porosity, moisture holding capacity and texture of soil were observed under forests, agriculture and range vegetation at…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Review of research on multipurpose tree species in Pakistan
K. M. Siddiqui
The term multipurpose tree species with acronym of MPTS has been introduced in forestry literature only recently, though, the history of use of such tree species is very old. Almost all trees are multipurpose, some more so than the others. In the early fifties…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Determination of optimum period of growth, suitable season of planting and effect of fertilizer on the yield of rhizomes of Dioscorea deltoidea Wall at Kuza Gali
Anwar Ahmad Khan, Shakeel Haider Zaidi
Experiments were carried out to determine the optimum period of growth, effect of planting season and application of N&P alone or in combination on the yield of Dioscorea diltoidea rhizomes at Kuza Gali, its natural habitat. Results indicated that yield of rhi…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Noise level of different machines in the sawmill of N.W.F.P. Forest Development Coporation, Mansehra
M. Ayaz
A study was conducted on the noise level of different machines and exposure of workers to it in the Sawmill of N.W.F.P., Forest Development Corporation, Mansehra. The results of this study revealed that the noise level of all the machines in the nearest work p…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Machine Cost Calculation - An Example in a Road Building Project in Siran Forest Division N.W.F.P.
Gerhard Stoehr
For the calculation of cost of machine operations different costs like capital costs, personal costs and overhead costs are taken into consideration. Capital costs are the actual costs of the machine and are further divided into fixed, semi-variable and variab…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Wood consumption and requirement for the Pakistan Railways
Mahmood Iqbal Shiekh, Saliheen Khan, Hakim Shah
Data about three railway wood consumption units of the Pakistan Railways, viz. Railway Workshop and Track Department at Lahore( inherited by Pakistan at independence)and a new carriage factory, established at Islamabad in 1970 currently require 14,260 m3 of wo…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Forage production from Leucaena leucocephala (LAM.) De. Wit as influenced by cutting intervals and plant spacings
M. B. Bhatti, M. I. Sultani, M. Aslam, Ehtesham Ali Syed
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit yielded a significantly higher amount of great matter of 64.83 tons per hectare when grown at a close spacing of 0.3 m x 0.76 m producing 48.66% more fodder than at the wider spacing of 0.3 x 1.5 m. While the per plant heigh…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Comparative assessment of honey bees and other insects with self-pollination of Sarson in Peshawar
Bashir Mohammad Khan, M. Ismail Chaudhry
Self-pollinated Sarson plants (covered with muslin netting) produced 26.46to 34.34 (mean 28.68) grams of seed per plant while honey bee pollinated and non-apis insect pollinated plants yielded 67.2 to 90.02 (mean 74.37) grams and 41,72 to 56.35 (mean 48.42) gr…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Preliminary studies on antitermetic properties of common woods of Pakistan and their extractives
Hanif Gul, M.I. Chaudhry M. Farooq, Rahmatullah Jan
Studies on the natural resistance of common timbers of Pakistan against termites were initiated in the Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar under a PL-480 Project to obtain information valuable for more efficient utilization. For testing the natural resistance…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Effect of some environmental factors on germination and growth of Plantago ovata Forssk.
Qaisar Ali, Perveen Abdullah, Muhammad Ibrar
Germination and growth behaviour of Piantago ovata Forssk. Was studied under different laboratory and field conditions. Maximum germination was observed in garden loam, followed by clayey soil at 20°C after 144 hours. Rate of germination decreased with incr…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Logging practices in Tanzanian natural forests
Abeli, W. S, Issara, D. G, Malilah, Mrosso et al.
Miombo woodland forests and Tropical High Forests (THF) are the major types of natural forests in Tanzania. These forests are characterized by low harvestable volume per unit area, un-even aged trees and inaccessible most of the year round due to difficult ter…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Impact of irrigation on desert development - A case study of Thal desert in Pakistan
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh
Arid lands form a large percentage of the total area of Pakistan. This sizeable portion of the land has predominantly pastoral economy and is for the most part desolate and unproductive. Until irrigation came to it, Thal too was atypical desert with low rainfa…
25 May 2024 - Articles
An assessment of the suitability of soil amendment polymer for tree crop growing
F. O. C. Nwonwu
Rooted cuttings of cottonwood (Populus euroamericana) were grown in three different soil mixes. Soil mix A contains 75% peat and 25% find sand, mix B contains 75% peat, 25% fine and sand and 3.3 kg of Vitera/m3 of mix while mix while Contain 50% peat and 50% f…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Importance of habitat for conservation and development of wildlife
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh
Destruction of vegetation in all parts of the country, starting from the coastal zone to the Alpine pastures has continued unabated since ages. The process has not only destabilized the fragile ecosytems but also has resulted in steep decrease in the wildlife…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Wood consumption survey of housing sector in Peshawar Division
M.I. Sheikh, R. W. Hussain, Saliheen Khan
In Pakistan generally there are two main categories of houses namely, pucca and kutcha. In plains pucca houses are those which are composed of brick/stone masonry while in hills a house having galvanized pitched roof is considered to be a pucca house. All type…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Fertilization on native range grasses in subtropical humid zone at Balakot and Jaba (Technical Note No.58)
M. I. Shiekh, Sultan Maqsood Khan
Intro: In order to assess the effect of fertilizers on grass ranges some studies have been conducted at Balakot and Jaba using N, P and K alone or in combinations. The data collected gave encouraging results indicating positive cost benefit ratio. These studie…
25 May 2024 - Articles
A not on the physical and mechanical properties of Walnut (Juglans regia Linn.) wood grown in Pakistan
K. M. Siddiqui, Iqbal Mahmood
This paper presents the results of a study on physical and mechanical properties of walnut wood grown in Kaghan Valley, Hazara Division. The results are compared with reported values of the same species in the literature. The strength properties of locally ava…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Effect of honey bee pollination on the fruit setting and yield of Loquat
Bashir Mohammad Khan, Mohammad Shahid, M. Ismail Chaudhry
The panicles covered, with polythene bags bore few fruits resulting in the lowest yield of 21 grams per panicle with least minimum fruit setting of 3.75%. The highest yield of 708 grams was obtained from panicles left open to honey bee's pollination under natu…
25 May 2024