Issue · 1975
Vol. 25, Iss. 4
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ArticlesTwenty-seventh passing-out ceremony of the Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar (October 31, 1975)
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The twenty seventh annual passing out ceremony of the Pakistan Forest Institute was held on 31st October, 1975. Major General (Retd.) Sayad Ghawas, Governor, North West Frontier Province presided over the function and gave away the degrees, medals and prizes.…
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Gazette Notificatons
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Gazette Notifications
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Forests and Forestry in Northern Areas (Part II)
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh, Abdul Aleem
Intro: Out of 7,023,562 hectares land area only 4.56% i.e., 284,900 hectares is under coniferous forests. Private forests cover 233,100 hectares whereas Government owned forests are spread over 51,800 hectares which is only 18.2% of the total forest cover. Scr…
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Provisional volume tables of Hybrid poplar (PXE CV. I-214) along canal bank of Changa Manga plantation
Raja Walayat Hussain, Zaheer Ahmad
Intro: Pakistan having hardly 4% area under productive forests needs an unconventional approach to reduce the wide gap existing between wood supply and demand. To over come this imbalance foresters and researchers have realized the necessity of raising plantat…
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Nematodes associated with Eucalyptus seedlings in Pakistan
Bashir Hussain Shah, M. Ismail Chaudhry
Fifteen genera of plant parasitic nematodes belonging to the Order Tylenchida were found in the soil and roots of Eucalyptus saplings in Silvicultural research plots Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar, Forest Plantations at Jallo, Chichawatni and Changa Manga…
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Pharmacognostic studies of Adhatoda vasica Nees, and its importance as a source of raw material for the pharmaceutical industries of Pakistan
Miss Munawar Sultana, Anwar Ahmad Khan
Adhatoda vasica Nees, belong to the family Acanthaceae. It is an evergreen gregarious shrub 48-96 cm in height with a fetid smell. The plants are commonly distributed in Karachi, Sind, North Waziristan, Khyber and Kurram Agencies, Dir, Chitral, Swat, Lower Haz…
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Chemical evaluation of Citrullus golocynthis
F. W. Khan, Pazir Gul
Determination of the active constituents and solvent extractives from the Colocynth showed that the indigenous species was of good quality and can be used in the manufacture of mild mercurous chloride pills. Yield and chemical characteristics of the oil from t…
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