Issue · 1985
Vol. 35, Iss. 1
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ArticlesBiomass production systems from Salicaceae-Part-1
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh
Pakistan is suffering from a chronic shortage of wood. Most of the indigenous species are rather slow growing and take a long time to mature. The existing deficiencies can only be met through planting of local and exotic fast growing tree species such as popla…
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Dieback diseases-a cause of boron deficiency in forest trees
S. H. Bangash, B. N. Gardiner
The object of this study was to provide some basic information of the optimal growing conditions for Acacia melanoxylon, Eucalyptus pauciflora, Eucalyptus viminalis and Pinus radiata and to suggest ways and means of diagnosing the morphological growth abnormal…
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Comparison of growth of four tree species grown under Agro-forestry systems
M.I. Sheikh, R. W. Hussain, M. Khan
Rate of growth of four tree species planted in the agricultural fields has been compared. Populus deltoides I-63/51 has come out the best after six years for all the three parameters, viz, diameter, height and volume. For quantity of wood available on first th…
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Some physical and strength properties of plywood manufactured from Nigerian timbers
Ioryisa Verinumbe
Tests were conducted on five sheets of plywood made from Nigerian-grown species, to determine some physical and mechanical properties. The plywood contains 3 plies: 1mm thick Antiaries Africana facings and 4mm thick Terminalia superba as core. Static binding s…
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Growth of fuelwood yeild of Petford provenance of Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehn. in rural marginal land
M. Kamaluddin, M. K. Bhuiyan
A small plantation (0,018 hectare) of Petford provenance of Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehn. was raised on the blanks of rural ponds with a spacing of 1,6X 1,6 m to assess the growth and fuel wood yield under rural site condition. The survival of plants was 96%.…
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Prospects of Acacia mangium for afforestation in Bangladesh
M. A. Latif, S. A. Khan, M. K. Bhuiyan
Acacia mangium is a fast-growing tree species of the family Leguminosae. In the Forest Research Institute campus, Chittagong, 80 seedlings were planted in 1979. At the age of 4 and half years the trees attained an average height of 10.3 m with 10.4 cm diameter…
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Forest planning with particular reference to forecasting and model selection as exemplified by growth models - Abstract of M.Sc. Thesis Submitted to the University of Aberdeen, Scotland (Home and Foreign News)
Raja Walayat Hussain
Home and Foreign News Forest planning with particular reference to forecasting and model selection as exemplified by growth models - Abstract of M.Sc. Thesis
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