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Malaysian Plant Protection Society

Analysis of chemical properties of rubber wood stained by Botryodiplodia theobromae

Increasing the productivity of eucalypts in Kerala through selection for disease resistance, higher growth and clonal technology

IVRI

Purification Characterization and Immunoprotective Potential of Nymphal Antigen (S) of Hyalomma Anatolicum Anatolicum

The habitat, vegetative features and fruit characteristics of three apricots, viz. 'Chulli; 'Sahara' and 'Zardalu' which grow wild at different elevations in the Himalayan ranges are described. A suggestion has been made for the inclusion of these wild forms as a genetic stock and also as agroforestry species.

Fruit Varieties Journal

Three wild apricots of the Himalayas

Document-International Research Group on Wood Preservation

Sapstain fungi associated with softwood species in Kerala, India.

Material und Organismen

Changes in strength properties of rubber wood stained by Botryodiplodia theobromae

Non-wood Forest Products (NWFPs) form a significant proportion of forest biodiversity in Kerala, India. Of late, there is wide spread concern over the depletion of biodiversity of these products due to various reasons such as population growth, unsustainable harvesting, habitat destruction, etc. In this study, an attempt is made to explore the ways to maintain sustainable extraction of NWFPs and biodiversity. The study has observed that there has been significant depletion of biodiversity of commercially important NWFPs due to over exploitation. Further, the ecological and socioeconomic systems that affect their sustainable management are closely linked. For sustainable resource use, one needs to consider regeneration rates of resources. The species for which regeneration is not adequate, enrichment planting may be undertaken. The study suggests an effective system of participatory management by the stakeholders at local level for sustainable management and conservation of biodiversity of NWFPs.

Forest Research

Biodiversity in Tropical Moist Forests : a Study of Sustainable Use of Non-Wood Forest Products in the Western Ghats , Kerala

Acacias are of considerable social and industrial importance for tropical reforestation and it is expected that about 2 million hectares will be established in Southeast Asia by the year 2000. The acacia species currently of most interest for plantation forestry in the tropics are indigenous to northern Australia, Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya. Recent reports from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and northern Australia suggest that the future productivity of acacia plantations may be affected by fungal pathogens including leaf spots, shoot blights, stem cankers, heart rot, root rots and gall rusts. During 1995-96 a series of disease surveys was undertaken by forest pathologists in native stands, trials and operational and social forestry plantings of tropical acacias in Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand to assess the potential of fungal pathogens as limiting factors to tree growth and productivity and to assess the relative importance of individual fungal pathogens. Tree species included in the surveys were Acacia mangium and A. auriculiformis, on the basis of their current importance as plantation species. A. crassicarpa and A. aulacocarpa were also surveyed as, although they have been planted on a limited scale so far, they are included in provenance and species trials in many locations throughout the region. Scientists who had participated in the project met with research managers of five major Indonesian plantation pulp and paper companies and government business enterprises from 28 April - 3 May 1996 at the base camp of PT Musi Hutan Persada Subanjeriji in southern Sumatra, to present the results of their surveys. This publication is a status report on the diseases of acacias in the several countries based on information presented at the workshop. It provides a benchmark of the current knowledge of the pathology of the four most important Acacia species currently being grown in plantations in tropical areas of Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent and northern Australia.

Diseases of tropical Acacias: proceedings of an International Workshop held at Subanjeriji (Southern Sumatra), 28 April - 3 May 1996

Journal of Tropical Forest Products

Control of sapstain and mould on rubberwood using sodium azide-laboratory evaluation

Indian Forester

Some destructive forest diseases and their management