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Not AvailablePRESENTS AND DISCUSSES THE RESULTS OF A STUDY UNDERTAKEN TO COMPARE THE ECOLOGICAL STATUS OF UNDERWOOD FLORA ON QUANTITATIVE BASIS VIZ STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION , PATTERN OF DISTRIBUTION DIVERSITY AND a- DIVERSITY TOGETHER WITH NUTRIENT UPTAKE AND COMPOSITION OF UNDERWOOD FLORA IN SAL FOREST , SECONDARY BRUSHWOOD FOREST AND EUCALYPTUS COPPICE FORESTS IN THREE WATERSHEDS LOCATED AT SELAKUI IN DOON VALLEY. THE STUDY REVEALED THAT SAL HAS MORE UNDERWOOD SPECIES (31) FOLLOWED BY EUCALYPTUS (16) AND BRUSHWOOD ( 14) . THE COMPARATIVE BASAL COVER FOLLOWED THE ORDER : COPPICE EUCALYPTUS 17.42 > MIXED BRUSHWOOD 15.84> SAL 7.87 CM2M-2. THE UNDERSTOREY BIOMASS WAS 9957 kg ha-1 IN EUCALYPTUS AND MINIMUM IN SAL FLORA. FURTHER THE LOWEST DIVERSITY IN SAL FLORA (1.32) INDICATED THAT SAL FORESTS REPRESENTED THE OPTIMUM EXPRESSION ON THESE SITES. THE UNDERSTOREY BIOMASS WAS 9957 kg ha-1 IN EUCALYPTUS , 8977 kg ha-1 IN MIXED BRUSHWOOD AND 3441 kg ha-1 IN SAL FORESTS. THE TOTAL NUTRIENTS LOCKED IN THE UNDERSTOREY VEGETATION WERE IN THE SAME ORDER BUT THE PERCENTAGE OF THESE NUTRIENTS WAS MORE IN SAL UNDERWOOD VEGETATION.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableTHE PAPER DISCUSSES THE METHOD OF PROPOGATION AND MANAGEMENT OF NAPIER AND HYBRID GRASSES IN DOON VALLEY AND ADJOINING HILLS. NAPIER GRASS YIELDED ABOUT 300 TO 350 sq/ha OF GREEN FODDER/CUT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WHICH AT RS 2 /- CAN FETCH AN ANNUAL INCOME OF RS 600 TO 700 /ha DEPENDING UPON THE PROXIMITY OF THE PLANTING SITE TO THE MARKET. NAPIER AND HYBRID NAPIER GRASSES ARE EXCELLENT RAW MATERIALS FOR STABILIZING THE LAND SLIDES, RECLAIMED TORRENT BEDS, ERODED LAND AND GULLIED LANDS.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableUSDA METHOD FOR MINESPOIL CLASSIFICATION WAS EMPLOYED AT SAHASTRADHARA LIMESTONE MINED WATERSHED IN MUSSOORIE HILLS AND COMPARED WITH THE CONVENTIONAL LAND CAPABILITY CLASSIFICATION. THE USDA METHOD FOR SOIL CLASSIFICATION PROVED MORE USEFUL IN SELECTING APPROPRIATE SPECIES OF PLANTS FOR REVEGETATION OF MINE SPOILS IN THIS REGION.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableTO DETERMINE SOIL AND HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES AS A RESULT OF REFORESTATION OF A WATERSHED HAVING MISCELLANEOUS VEGETATION , A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED AT SELAKUI, DEHRADUN SINCE 1961. TWO FAN- SHAPED PROTECTED WATERSHEDS (1.45 AND 0.87 HA) WITH UNDULATING TOPOGRAPHY WERE TAKEN UP FOR STUDY.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableCOMPARISON OF THREE DIFFERENT INTENSITIES OF HARVEST OF SISAL ( AGAVE SISALANA) LEAVES (25% , 50% AND 75%) WITH AND WITHOUT BHABAR ( EULALIOPSIS BINATA) FOR ECONOMIC UTILIZATION OF THE BOULDERY WASTELANDS OF DOON VALLEY WAS CARRIED OUT AT THE RESEARCH FARM. FARM, SELAKUI ( DEHRADUN) FOR 12 YEARS (1975-1986) . THE STUDY INDICATES THAT FOR ECONOMIC UTILISATION OF BOULDERY WASTELANDS OF DOON VALLEY , 50% HARVEST INTENSITY OF SISAL LEAVES WITH BHABAR GRASS IS APPROPRIATE FROM THE VIEW POINT OF ECONOMIC VIABILITY.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableTO UTILIZE THE LOW LYING RAVINE BEDS ALONG THE RIVER CHAMBAL AND ITS TRIBUTARIES SUFFERING FROM WATERLOGGING AND SALINITY , A POT CULTURE STUDY WAS MADE AT KOTA TO FIND OUT GROWTH BEHAVIOUR OF ZIZYPHUS NUMMULARIA L ( BER) , FICUS CASICA L ( FIG) , PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA L ( DATE PALM). SESBANIA ACULEATA PERS ( DHAINCHA) AND BRACHIARIA MUTICA ( FORRSK) , STANF ( PARA GRASS) PLANTED IN SOILS FROM THE RAVINE BEDS AND IRRIGATED WITH WATER FROM SUCH LOCATIONS. NORMAL SOIL IRRIGATED WITH CHAMBAL WATER WAS TREATED AS CONTROL. THE FRUIT SPP. BER AND DATE PALM WERE NOT FOUND SUITABLE , FIG AND DHAINCHA WERE PROMISING AND PARA GRASS WAS VERY PROMISING FOR GROWING IN SUCH SITUATIONS . PARA GRASS GROWTH SEPARATELY IN GRASS WAS VERY PROMISING FOR GROWING IN SUCH SITUATIONS. PARA GRASS GROWN SEPARATELY IN AUGUST , 1976 ON THE RAVINE BED GAVE FORAGE YIELD OF 21-24 TONNES/ha IN ONE CUT.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableSTUDIES ON THE UTILZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF DENUDED LANDS FOR FIBRE PLANTATIONS SHOWED THAT SUCH LANDS CAN BE PLANTED PROFITABLY WITH AGAVE SISALANA AND EULALIOPSIS BINATA. AMONG THE VARIOUS SPECIES TRIED, AGAVE HYBRID RECORDED BEST PERFORMANCE.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableTHE PAPER DESCRIBES HOW KUDZU ( PUERARIA THUMBERGIANA) HAS SUCCESSFULLY BEEN INTRODUCED AT SELAKUI ( DOON VALLEY) AND NALOTA NALA ( MUSSOORIE HILLS) FOR LANDSLIDE CONTROL. THE PLANT NOT ONLY PROVIDES PROTECTION AGAINST SOIL EROSION TO THE SITE WHERE IT GROWS BUT ALSO PROVIDES GOOD NUTRITIVE FODDER FOR THE CATTLE FROM ITS LUXURIANT FOLIAGE TO THE TUNE OF 110 TO 650 qlts/ha ANNUALLY DEPENDING UPON THE SITE CONDITIONS. ONE TO TWO YEAR OLD THICKER SHOOTS WHICH ARE NOT SUITED FOR FODDER CONSUMPTION WERE FOUND TO HAVE GOOD USE AS RAW MATERIAL FOR MANUFACTURE OF HAND MADE PAPER. GROWTH AND YIELD DATA SHOWED THAT THIS PLANT CAN YIELD ABOUT 100 TO 160 qlts/ha OF THICK SHOOTS ( MEANT FOR PAPER INDUSTRY) WHICH WILL YIELD ABOUT 60 TO 95 qlts/ha OF BARK FIBRE.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableA FERTILIZER TRIAL ON HYBRID NAPIER ON CHAMBAL RAVINE LANDS ON KOTA CLAY LOAM INDICATED SIGNIFICANT RESPONSE TO N- APPLICATION. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO APPLICATION OF P2O5. PLANT HEIGHT CONTRIBUTED MORE CLEARLY TO FORAGE YIELD THAN TILLER COUNT AND BASAL DIAMETER . FERTILIZER TREATMENTS HAD NO EFFECT ON SOIL FERTILITY SINCE HIGHER N- APPLICATION TO THE SOIL WAS COUNTER BALANCED BY HIGHER N- REMOVAL FROM THE SOIL IN THE FORM OF INCREASED FORAGE PRODUCTION.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableRESEARCH DATA ON RUNOFF AS INFLUENCED BY TREE HARVESTING AND MAN- MADE PLANTATIONS ARE PRESENTED. TWO SMALL FOREST ( BRUSH) WATERSHEDS W, F (1.45 ha) AND W2F(0.78 ha) WERE CALIBRATED FOR 8 YEARS ( 1961-68) . DURING CALIBRATION PERIOD W1F GAVE 18% MORE RUNOFF AND 63 % HIGHER PEAK RATE OF RUNOFF AS COMPARED TO W2F. IN THE YEAR 1969, W1F WAS CLEAR FELLED AND REFORESTED WITH EUCALYPTUS SPP. THE POST- CALIBRATION RELATIONSHIP INDICATES THAT W1F ( TREATED) AFTER AFFORESTATION GAVE 10% LESS RUNOFF AND PEAK RATES OF RUNOFF AS COMPARED TO W2F ( UNTREATED) THE TOTAL REDUCTION OF 28% IN RUNOFF AND 73% IN PEAK RATE IS DUE TO AFFORESTATION RESULTING IN FULLY STOCKED PLANTATION AND A DENSE UNDERGROWTH. THE STUDY HAS QUANTITATIVELY INDICATED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AFFORESTATION IN REDUCING RUNOFF AND ITS PEAK RATE BY 28% AND 75% RESPECTIVELY.Not Availabl