Research Article | Published: 01 June 2012

Selection of Candidate Plus Trees of commercially important agro forestry species in Punjab

Suresh  Chauhan and Mohit Gera

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 35 | Issue: 2 | Page No. 135-142 | 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2012-BK9FY2 | Cite this article

Abstract

The present article aims towards the development of procedure and criteria for selecting the CPTs of six fast growing Agroforestry species in State of Punjab. Superiority of growth rate of the selected CPTs was compared with the average of surrounding check trees and scores were assigned to each seleced CPTs for various silvicultural parameters indicating higher productivity and good health. The CPTs were further ranked on the basis of assigned scores, which helped in identifying the best suitable CPTs  for each selected species. A total 19, 16,15,14,8 and 11 CPTs were identified for Eucalyptus spp., Dalbergia sissoo, Albizia procera, Acacia catechu, Azadirachta indica and Melia composita respectively through out the State. CPT No. 9, 14, 10, 1, 3 and 10 were ranked as the best among their group for Eucalyptus spp., Dalbergia sissoo, Albizia procera, Acacia catechu, Azadirachta indica and Melia composita species respectively. Besides, superiority index of all the selected species was calculated, which is expected to further help in identifying the best individuals for the progeny trials and multi-locationals clonal trials.

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Chauhan, S. and Gera, M., 2012. Selection of Candidate Plus Trees of commercially important agro forestry species in Punjab. Indian Journal of Forestry, 35(2), pp.135-142. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2012-BK9FY2

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Manuscript Published on 01 June 2012

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