Issue · 1988
Vol. 38, Iss. 4
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ArticlesFortieth Annual Passing-Out Ceremony of the Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar (September 29, 1988) Home and Foreign News
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Fortieth Annual Passing-Out Ceremony of the Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar (September 29, 1988) Home and Foreign News
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New species for afforestation in semi-arid lands
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh
In the quest for finding out suitable methods of afforestation in arid and semi-arid areas of Pakistan, some studies have been conducted in Rakh Dagar Kotli (Thal desert of Pakistan) using different methods of site preparation and tree species. The water harve…
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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…
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Effect of locality on the oil yield and physico-chemical caharacteristics of oil from Thymus serpyllum L.
Mohammad Bashir Khan, Pazir Gul, Muhammad Farooq, F. W. Khan
Thymus serpyllum L. collected from different localities of N.W.F.P. and Baluchistan were analysed for essential oils and phenol contents. It was observed that the change in plant locality had a remarkable effect on the yield of oil and phenol contents and had…
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Bonding strength of local commercial wood adhesives - I
S. M. Yasin, T. A. Qureshi, S. M. Raza
Bonding strength of several commercial adhesives was determined through the shear strength of wood joints of Walnut (Juglans regia), Eucalytus camaldulensis and Juniper (Juniperus excelse) wood species. The durability of these adhesives was also estimated afte…
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Comparison of timber harvesting systems in the Forest Areas of Hazara Civil Division, N. W. F. P.
Mohammad Ayaz, Gerhard Stohr
Tree harvesting aims at the removal of forest crops for the production of timber and firewood. It essentially consists of a set of definite operations of felling and conversion of trees to suit the subsequent extraction and transportation system. The methods a…
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Local volume tables for Palach (Populus ciliate) of N.W.F.P.
Mohammad Afzal Cheema, Raja Walayat Hussain
Populus ciliata is a useful broad leaved tree and grows naturally in coniferous forests of N.W.F.P. and Azad Kashmir. Wood of this species is used for cattle troughs, packing cases, veneer sheets and match splints.
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