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Home and Foreign News (i) U.S. Aid supports of Honduras Pine in the Caribbean (ii) Brazilian forestry team win 1984 Marcus Wallenberg Prize for commercial development of cloned Eucalyptus forests
25 May 2024- Articles
The wood and pulping properties by Chir pine (Pinus roxburghii) Part 3. Pilot scale pulping studies
K. M. Siddiqui
The laboratory studies of wood and pulping properties of chir pine trees of different age groups were described in the earlier articles in this series. These studies indicated the superiority of 36-45 year old trees for pulp manufacture. Therefore, 200 trees o…
25 May 2024 - Articles
The wood and pulping properties of Chir pine (Pinus roxburghii Sarg.)- Part-II- Laboratory pulping studies
K.M. Siddiqui
The physical, anatomical and chemical properties of chir pine wood were described in the first part. The pulping studies on wood samples of this species on laboratory scale are presented in this article. Trial cooks were made to determine the most suitable kra…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Growth characteristics of different varieties of Ipil Ipil (Leucaena leucocephala) under irrigated conditions in Pakistan
K.M. Siddiqui, Shamsur-Rehman Khan
Three test plantations were established at Peshawar and Hyderabad to find out the growth performance of different varieties of Leucaena leuocephala under dry tropical conditions with artificial irrigation. Preliminary results show the suitability of two differ…
25 May 2024 - Articles
A typical stand profile of Chir pine (Pinus roxburghs)
Raja Walayat Hussain, Syed Hasan Abbas
A TYPICAL STAND PROFILE OF CHIR PINE (PINUS ROXBURGHS) Raja Walayat Hussain and Syed Hasan Abbas, Research Officers in Forest Mensuration Branch, Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar Abstract: A typical Chir pine stand would comprise 90% or more of dominant and…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Mechanical properties of Eucalyptus trereticornis
Jalil Ahmad Khan, Pervaiz Akhtar
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF EUCALYPTUS TRERETICORNIS Jalil Ahmad Khan and Pervaiz Akhtar Assistant Wood Seasoning Officer and Technical Assistant, FPRD, Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar Introduction The history of the introduction of the genus Eucalyptus in th…
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Genetic diversity and relatedness in exotic Mulberry (Morus) germplasm accessions
Syed Said Badshah Bukhari, Ghulam Ali Bajwa, Miskeen Ali
Nine agronomic traits were used for assessing genetic variability and interrelationship in ten exotic mulberry germplasm accessions. The results showed highly significant (p0.80%. The highest genetic advance (GA) was in TSL (75.95%) and the lowest in inter-nod…
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Genetic testing of exotic and indigenous clones of Populus deltoides under semi-arid conditions of Punjab, India
GPS Dhillon, Avtar Singh, DS Sidhu
A clonal trial comprising 12 poplar clones was planted at Regional Research Station, Bathinda in semi-arid region of Punjab following randomized block design with three replications and plot size of ten trees. The data collected on diameter at breast height, t…
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Genetic manifestation of heterosis in hybrid breeds of mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori
Syed Said Badshah Bukhari, Ghulam Ali Bajwa, Miskeen Ali
Hybrid vigour of six bivoltine silkworm breeds was assessed based on eight quantitative traits. The heterosis was estimated using multiple evaluation indices (EI), mid parent heterosis (MPH), better parent heterosis (BPH), and sub-ordinate function indices (SF…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Osmotic priming and stratification enhance emergence and seedling size of Pinus brutia var eldarica
Shad K. Khalil, John G. Mexal, Abdur Rehman, A. Z. Khan, Iftikhar Hussain Khalil
Pinus brutia var. eldarica is gaining popularity because it provides high quality Christmas tree under a wide range of growing conditions in addition to its use in pulp and other wood products. Rapid and complete germination is one of the problems associated w…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Dalbergia sissoo die back-probable suspects
Muhamamd Arif Chaudhary, Ejaz Ahmed
Study was initiated during 2004 at the Peshawar University Campus. Reconnaissance of the campus road side Shisham plantation was conducted. Data of 5 randomly selected trees of road side plantations, each of 1 km indicated that only 16% of the 535 trees were h…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Effect of presowing treatments on Tectona grandis L. f. seeds and initial seedling development in the nursery
M. K. Hossain, B. M. Khan, B. Koirala
Seeds of Tectona grandis L. f were given eleven presowing treatments to study the germination and initial seedling growth in the nursery of the Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Chittagong University. Bangladesh. The results revealed that seeds…
25 May 2024 - Articles
The role of forestry in watershed mangement and soil conservation
Mirza Mohammad Ashraf
Intro: In Pakistan, the area of watershed and range lands constitutes about 65 to 70 percent of total land area. These areas are in depleted condition and far below their productive potential. Because of continued misuse through deforestation, unchecked grazin…
25 May 2024 - Articles
A critical review of the present forest management of the coniferous forests of northern west Pakistan
Ali Asghar Khan
A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE PRESENT FOREST MANAGEMENT OF THE CONIFEROUS FORESTS OF NORTHERN WEST PAKISTAN Ali Asghar Khan, Divisional Forest Officer, Aerial Forest Inventory Project, Peshawar. Abstract: The paper was presented by him at the 2nd NWFP Forest Office…
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Efficacy of pyrethroids against powder post beetles attack on fuelwood
Hanif Gul, M. Ismail Chaudhry
Shisham fuel wood stacks of 1.40 m3 (50 cft) each free of attack of powder post beetles were first sprayed with pyrethroids perigen (permethrin) 10% EC, cypermethrin 10 EC in doses of 0.01, 0.02, 0.04 and cislin (deltamethrin) 2.5% in doses of 0.01, 0.02 and 0…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Some observations on the effect of forest tree species on ground vegetation at Pabbi Forest, Kharian
Bashir Hussain Shah
Observations on the percent cover and forage production of ground vegetation under four years old plantation showed that Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Acacia nilotica and Leucaena leucocephala have a higher allelopathic effect on the growth of grasses under them a…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Conservation and protection of forest heritage in Sindh
Bahauddin Sirhindi
Sindh province has a total of 1.088 million hectares under forests, out of which 0.261 million ha. comprise of the riverine forests and 0.0704 million hectares are irrigated plantations, while the rest of the 0.756 million ha. constitute mangrove forests (0.28…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Rooting of lignotubers of some Eucalypts with Indole - 3 Butyric Acid
A. B. I. Igboanugo
Lignotubers, obtained from three year old seedling of Eucalyptus cloeziana, E. tereticronis and E. grandis growing in the nursery, were soaked in 25,50, 75 and 100ppm concentrations of Indole-3 Butyric Acid (IBA) and in distilled water for 3, 6, 12 and 24 hour…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Acarine disease of honey bees and its control in Pakistan
Bashir Mohammad Khan, Mohammad Ismail Chaudhry, Pervez Khawaja
Acarine disease of young honey bees appeared in Pakistan for the first time in epidemic form, inflicting 85% loss of honeybee colonies during 1982-83. Application of the dequeening method for the control of tracheal mite disease gave encouraging results partic…
25 May 2024 - Articles
A glance at Turkish Forestry
Mirza Hakim Khan Dr
Turkey is predominantly an agrarian country possessing 20.2 million hectares as forest land which is 26% of the total area of 77.97 million hectares. The average annual plantation programme is 133,000 hectares. Most important species in plantation are: Poplar,…
25 May 2024