Multipurpose Tree Species Research : Retrospect And Prospect

CONTENTS: 1. Inaugural Address, 2. Important Agroforestry Systems in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of India, 3. Multiple-Use Trees: Some Socio-Economic Implications for Agroforestry Programme, 4. Strategy for Promotion of Agroforestry in Dry Regions, 5. Grow Neem Under Agroforestry Systems to Bring Prosperity to Famers, 6. MPTS Inventory and Use of Agroforestry: Current Scenario and Tasks Ahead, 7. MPTS Inventory and Identification for Sustaining Agricultural Production in Eco-Friendly System, 8. Tree Breeding Status of Agroforestry Species in India, 9. Growth Performance of Different Provenances of Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) in Semi-Arid Region of Central India, 10. Genotypic Variation of Physiological Characteristics of Leucaena leucocephala, 11. Provenance Studies in Indian blackberry, 12. Establishment and Growth of Tissue Culture Raised Clones of Plus Trees of Eucalyptus Tereticornis under Semi-Arid conditions, 13. Preliminary Evaluation of Growth Performance of Different Plus Tree Progenies of Dalbergia sissoo, 14. Multivariate Analysis in Clonal Progenies of Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.), 15. Multipurpose Browse Shrubs of India: Diversity in Tropical and Temperate Species, 16. Status of Genetic Diversity and Biotechnological Research in Arid Zone Trees, 17. Selection of Neem Ecotypes with High Azadirachtin and its Multiplication Through Micropropagation, 18. Vegetative Propagation of Albizia amara, 19. Paulownia – A Potential MPTS in India, 20. Non Timber Produce of Anjan (Hardwickia binata), 21. Management of MPTS in Agroforestry Systems for Problematic Soils of North-Western Hilly Region, 22. Exploitation of Problematic Soils Through MPTS under Agroforestry Systems, 23. Characterisation and Management of Limestone Minespoils of Outer Himalaya Through MPTS and other Plant Species, 24. Management of MPTS for Salt Affected Soils in Agroforestry System, 25. Role of MPTS in Management of Wastelands with special Reference to Sodic Soils, 26. Performance of MPTS in Problematic Soils of Central Plain Zone of Uttar Pradesh, 27. Sustenance of Soil Fertility Through Adoption of MPTS, 28. Soil Improvement Through Hardwickia binata based Agroforestry System, 29. Agroforestry Systems in Agricultural Dominated Ravenous Watershed, 30. Control of Storage Fungi Associated with Seed of Some Important MPTS, 31. Loss Assessment in Albizia species dueto Pod Boring Insects, 32. Associaiton of Pathogenic Diseases with Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. in North Bihar, 33. Evluation of Sustainable Productivity in MPTS based Farming System under Rainfed Condition, 34 Kadam-Its Prospects as Multipurpose Tree Under Agroforestry Systems, 35. Performance of Multipurpose Tree Species Under Various Agroforestry Systems under Semiarid Conditions, 36. Influence of Faidherbia albida on Growth and Yield of Short Duration Pulses, 37. Management of Fruit Trees Suitable for Agroforestry System in Arid Region, 38. Early Growth Pattern of Some MPTS in Association with Pasture Species, 39. Effect of Chirpin eon Above Ground Biomass of Herbage Layer and Carrying capacity of the Natural Silvipastoral System in North-West Himalaya, 40. Micro-Climate Variation in Dalbergia sissoo based Agroforestry System, 41. Ber in Agroforestry System, 42. Performance of MPTS and their Effect on Forage Production under Rangelands, 43. Ber Based Agroforestry System in Marginal Lands under Rainfed conditions, 44. Agri-Horticultural System: A Sustainable Way of Meeting Diverse Needs of Farming Community, 45. Allelopathic Effect of Leucaena leucocephala on Germinability and Seedling Growth of Wheat, 46. Performance of Black Gram Under Neem based Agroforestry System in Semiarid Region, 47. Evaluation of Anogeissus pendula Genotypes under Agrisilvicultural System in Rainfed Conditions, 48. Ecological Studies on Multipurpose Woody species of Iseilema Grasslands, 49. Intercropping with MPTS based Industrial Plantation and its Beneficial Effects, 50. Income Generation from Tree and Crop based systems: A Farmer’s Experience, 51. Farmer’s Preference for MPTS in Agroforestry, 52. Recommendations of the Symposium.