Short Rotation Forestry for Industrial and Rural Development

Contents: 1. Plant physiological aspects of woody biomass production for energy purposes/Lars Christersson. 2. Agroforestry for improved livelihood security/J.S. Samra and K.R. Solanki. 3. Short rotation forestry -- an alternative silviculture/Lars Christersson and Kartar S. Verma. 4. Mini rotation Leucaena plantations for rural development and industry in India/P.S. Pathak and S.K. Gupta. 5. Current issues in agroforestry policy/Jagdish Kishwan. 6. Study on Loblolly pine (pinus taeda) as a short rotation forestry in the North of Iran (Caspian Sea Region)/Amir Bonyad. 7. NABARD\'s initiatives in promoting short rotation forest species under agroforestry - a case study/M.S. Haque and S. Kannapiran. 8. Choice of Willow (Salix spp.) clones for establishment under short rotation forest plantations in Estonia/Katrin Heinsoo and Andres Koopel. 9. Bamboo - a potential resource for short rotation forestry some experiences from NEH region of India/B.P. Bhatt and K.M. Bujarbaruah. 10. Utility of short rotation forestry in Poland -- chosen examples/Krzystof Boron. 11. Influence of irrigation on growth and biomass production of some short rotation high density energy plantation in North Western Himachal Himalaya (H.P.)/Gopichand. 12. Teak as a short rotation crop under agroforestry systems to fulfill rural needs experiences in Tamil Nadu/C. Buvaneswaran, M. George and S. Saravanan. 13. Productivity potential of Eucalyptus tereticornis Smith plantation managed under Short Rotation High Density (SRHD) system/H.S. Saralch, K.S. Verma, S.D. Bhardwaj and S.K. Chauhan. 14. Meeting forage needs through agroforestry/K.R. Solanki. 15. Potential of soil carbon sink expansion in Himachal Pradesh and under different land uses in India/M.N. Jha and M.K. Gupta. 16. Temporal changes in the soil properties under high density energy plantation of Acacia mollisima and Eucalyptus hyhrid/K.S. Verma, V.K. Mishra, R. Kaushal and J.K. Sharma. 17. Current status and potential of agroforestry research in India/P. Rai and A.K. Handa. 18. Agroforestry interventions for biomass production and rejuvenation of degraded lands/K.S. Dadhwal. 19. Effect of hedging height on production of shoots and shoot cuttings in selected clones of Dalbergia sissoo Roxb./Sandeep Sharma, Surinder Kumar and K.S. Thakur. 20. Clonal evaluation of Casuarina equisetifolia L. Johnson/Ashok Kumar, M. Paramathma, Maria Dominique Savio and Vivek Acharya. 21. Perspective of introduction of Populus deltoides clones in subhumid tropics of Central India/Sunil Puri and S.L. Swamy. 22. Economic analysis of Bamboo cultivation through flute methods in agroforestry system/A.N. Dey, S.N. Patra and T.L. Mohanty. 23. Prospects of Bamboo shoot farming in Himachal Pradesh/D.R. Bhardwaj and V.K. Mishra. 24. Evaluation of different Eucalyptus species for high rainfall areas of Karnataka/K.M. Satishchandra and S.K. Malkhede. 25. Controlled pollination and hybrid production in E. Tereticornis Sm./B. Nagarajan, N. Ravi, Mohan Varghese, A. Nicodemus and V. Sivakumar. 26. Variability and genetic estimates in Toona ciliata open pollinated families at the nursery stage/R.N. Sehgal, Vidya Thakur and Punit Choudhary. 27. Estimating genetic divergence among different provenances of wild pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)/K.S. Pant and C.V. Saraswat. 28. Genetic divergence in chirpine (Pinus roxburghii sargent)/Ranjeet Kumar and K.C. Chauhan. 29. Provenance evaluation in Grewia optiva (Bhemal) for agroforestry systems/P.C. Tyagi and Harsh Mehta. 30. Genetic variability and correlation studies in Diallel progeny test of prosopis cineraria (L.) druce/Shyam Sunder, M.S. Hooda and D. Chopra. 31. Clustering pattern for different provenances of Dendrocalamus strictus/P.K. Mahajan and Nishant Awasthi. 32. Effect of cutting size on survival and growth behaviour of poplar (Populus deltoides)/Sanjeev Thakur, Kamal Sharma, D.K. Khurana and Narender Thakur. 33. Effect of diameter on first rotation coppice shoots in populus deltoides and eucalyptus tereticornis - a case study/D.P. Sharma, B.Gupta and N.K. Gupta. 34. Biomass and volume predictions in black wattle (Acacia mollissima De willd.) through models/S.K. Gupta and S.D. Bhardwaj. 35. Biomass partitioning of Khair trees (Acacia catechu willd.) under different agroforestry systems in Western Himalayas - a case study/Narender Thakur, N.K. Gupta and B. Gupta. 36. Prospective of Robinia pseudoacacia and Acacia mollissima in improving productivity of grasslands of temperate regions of Himachal Pradesh, India/B. Gupta, Anil Kumar and J.R. Sharma. 37. Growth performance and biomass production in different clones of Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis)/M.S. Hooda, R.S. Dhillon and V.K. Dalal. 38. Stem diameter - volume - crown development relationships in Eucalyptus tereticornis Smith plantations - a case study/N.K. Gupta, M. Prabhakar, B. Gupta and D.P. Sharma. 39. Processing and production of quality timber from short rotation plantation species for industrial uses/C.N. Pandey. 40. Variation in wood characteristics of Robinia Pseudoacacia Linn. managed under high density short rotation system/Kulwant Rai Sharma and Puneet Sharma. 41. Shortening of production cycle of some under exploited wild fruits of industrial and rural importance/Kamal Sharma and Sanjeev Thakur. 42. Stock quality and planting depth influences the out planting performance of selected clones of populus ciliata/Manoj Joshi and R.K. Nayital. 43. Natural nodulation, nitrogen fixation and growth performance of seven Nitrogen Fixing Trees (NFT\'s) of North-Western Himalayas/R. Kaushal, A.R. Bhandari and K.P. Raverkar. 44. Studies on propagation and afforestation of coriaria Nepalensis and woodfordia fruticosa biofuel shrub species of Western Himalaya/M. Prabhakar, P.S. Chauhan and N.K. Gupta. 45. Studies on the effects of species, cutting portion and auxin concentration on rooting behaviour of seabuckthorn (Hippophae spp.)/G.S. Shamet and Anita Kaundal. 46. Effect of artificial stratification of Chilgoza pine (pinus gerardiana) seeds on its germination/Veena Sharma. 47. Germination behaviour of Acacia catechu willd. seeds in relation to bruchid insect infestation and scrafication/R.S. Chandel, N.R. Bhardwaj and P.L. Sharma. 48. Effect of pre-sowing treatments on germination behaviour and seedling vigour index of Albizia lebbek seeds/N.R. Bhardwaj, R.S. Chandel and N. Pathania. 49. Growth assessment of Grewia Optiva and Albizia Lebbek under resource constraints/D. Tripathi and Aditi Sharma. 50. Micronutrients dynamics in foliage of Acer Oblongum, Bauhinia retusa and Mallotus Philippinensis/J.K. Sharma, V.K. Mishra and K.S. Verma. 51. Above and below ground interactions in Grewia-wheat based natural agroforestry system/R. Kaushal, K.S. Verma and K.N. Singh. 52. Poplar based agroforestry in Dehra Dun District/Rajiv Kumar, P.K. Gupta and Ajay Gulati. 53. Potential role of neem (Azadirachta indica) in agroforestry systems for sustainable rainfed agriculture in Gujarat/S.N. Jaimini, N.M. Patel, J.M. Patel, P.M. Patel and S.B. Patel. 54. Sand dune stabilization and management of sandy soils through agro-forestry models/B.S. Jhorar, R.S. Dhillon and M.S. Hooda. 55. Effect of green leaf manure of subabul (Leucaena leucocephala (Lam) de wit) on maize crop and its residual effect on wheat crop/S.K. Lehria, S.V. Bali and Bara Singh. 56. Changes in soil chemical properties under agroforestry systems/Manoj Kumar, K.S. Verma and V.K. Mishra. 57. Bio-economic appraisal of agroforestry land use systems in the Western Himalaya/Manoj Kumar, K.S. Verma and V.K. Mishra. 58. Maharukh (Ailanthus excelsa Roxb.) based agri-silviculture production system for rainfed conditions of Gujarat/S.B.S. Tikka, S.N. Jaimini and F.K. Modh. 59. Growth and production of drilled paddy under terminalia Arjuna and Mitragyana parvifolia in an agrisilvicultural system/N.K. Patle, Aashutosh Sharma and N.S. Patil. 60. Characterization and classification of soils under different land uses in mid hills of Himachal Pradesh/D. Tripathi, Karan Singh, J.C. Sharma and J.R. Verma. 61. Characteristics and fertility status of soils in relation to forest nursery production in District Sirmour of Himachal Pradesh/J.N. Raina, A.R. Bhandari and Pardeep Kumar. 62. Effect of irrigation and nutrient levels on moisture distribution pattern and available nutrients under young siris (Albizia lebbek) plantation in mid hill conditions of Himachal Pradesh/Yogender Sharma and J.C. Sharma. 63. Effect of rock phosphate, Urea and microbial inoculants on composting of crop residues, weeds and leaves of non-fodder trees/S.K. Bhardwaj, R. Kaushal and A.R. Bhandari. 64. Soil moisture management in Ulmus Wallichiana based agroforestry system on sloping land/K.N. Qaisar, P.A. Khan and M.A. Khan. 65. Response of nitrogen fertilization and pruning on the regulation of photosynthate partitioning in Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera L.) - a potential medicinal plant for agroforestry land use systems/S.K. Kaushal, Maryada ad Usha Rana. 66. Diseases of poplar in India their management/R.C. Sharma and Sanjeev Sharma. 67. Development of melampsora leaf rust in populus ciliata clones/Sanjeev Sharma and R.C. Sharma. 68. Survey of stem wilt disease of casuarina equisetifolia forst. incited by trichosporium vesiculosum butler, in Tamil Nadu/S.R. Venkateswara Murthy, Ashok Kumar, A. Chandrasekaran and S. Nakkeran. 69. Insect pest problems of cultivated medicinal plants in mid-hill areas of Himachal Pradesh/Neerupma Sharma and T.D. Verma. 70. Scale insects (Homoptera : diaspididae) on short rotation forest tree species/Sat Pal Verma and C.L. Dinabandhoo. 71. Bioefficacy of some new acaricides against phytophagous apple mites/Divender Gupta, J.K. Dubey and C.L. Dinabandhoo. 72. Eco-friendly management of mite populations in apple orchards through shelter 909 -- new summer oil/D.R. Khajuria and J.P. Sharma. 73. Outbreak of Tuberolachnus salignus Gmelin (Homoptera: lachnidae) infesting willows in the Lahaul Valley of Himachal Pradesh: a case study/Sumit Chakrabarti, K.S. Kapoor, Shailendra Kumar and Surinder Kumar. 74. Antimicrobial effect of hydrophilic and hydrophobic extracts of achyranthes aspera and Heracleum candicans/Mohinder Kaur, Yogita Thakur, Munish Thakur and R.C. Rana. 75. Adoption behaviour of farmers regarding agroforestry practices in Palamu District of Jharkhand/A.V. Minj and S.M.S. Quli. 76. Annular budding: an excellent method of propagation for Pecan (Carya illinoensis) - an important fruit tree for agroforestry/J.S. Chandel, S.A. Ananda and R.K. Rana. 77. Effect of Orchard floor management practices on weed control of Santa Rosa Plum/Bunty Shylla, J.S. Chauhan and  Uday Sharma. 78. Industrial impact on environmental sustainability: a case study of Gujarat Ambuja Cement Industry in Solan District, Himachal Pradesh, India/V.K. Sharma, Shiv Raj Singh and K.K. Raina. 79. Biomass productivity of cold desert agro-ecosystems: a case study from Himachal Pradesh, India/Rajan Bawa and Silbhadra Brahma. Author Index.

"This book is a compendium of 79 articles which were presented during an IUFRO International Conference on World Perspective on Short Rotation Forestry for Industrial and Rural Development, held at Solan. The book deals with various aspects of short rotation forestry, like silviculture, physiology, irrigation effects, productivity potential, processing and production, propagation techniques, genetic improvement and genetic diversity to the role of short rotation species in agro-forestry. Rather short rotation species currently being used in agro-forestry find major mention and treatment in the compendium.

The book will be most relevant to the people working with agro-forestry species, which invariably have a short rotation period, foresters and NGO\'s working with plantation programmes for rural development and joint forest management and to universities and institutions dealing with forestry species."