A note on biomass of fodder trees
A note on biomass of fodder trees
Mohammad Rafique Sardar
ABSTRACT
Mechanical thinning was carried out in two experiments
in Range Management Nursery, Pakistan Forest institute,
Peshawar for estimation of biomass of fodder tree
species during December, 1991 to January, 1992.
Selective parameters of growth of all the sample trees
of different fodder tree species were measured. Green
weight of stem wood, branch wood, leaves and pods were
recorded separately for biomass calculation. Dry weight
after 6 weeks was also measured. The results showed that
12 years old Ceratonia siliqua yielded the highest
amongst all fodder trees. Its total biomass per plant
was 184.4 kg, and was followed by Acacia tortilis, which
yielded 80.3 kg. per plant.
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June 1992
Vol. 42, Iss. 2
