Nursery and Plantation Practices in Forestry

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There is a growing awareness and interest for planting of trees on forest and non-forest lands. In order to increase the tree cover area the tree planting activity is gaining momentum. The success of tree planting programme requires sound knowledge of various aspects. The book mainly deals with soil physics, soil chemistry ; seed viability, storage and germination ; raising and maintenance of nursery ; natural and artificial regeneration ; plant propagation ; choice of species ; improvement of planting site ; tree improvement and other details required for success of a nursery and plantation.

This book will be very useful and indispensable for the foresters, students and scholars of forestry, NGO’s, nurserymen and tree planters.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Vinod Kumar

Dr. Vinod Kumar is a Lecturer of Geography in Government Post-graduate College, Sirohi, Rajasthan (India). He did his Post-graduation from JNV University, Jodhpur and obtained his M.Phil. and Ph.D. from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. A Gold-medalist in M.A. as well as in M.Phil. He has more than 25 years of teaching experience. He has done significant work on Environmental Geography, Climate of Western Rajasthan and Patterns of Energy Use. He has many research papers on the contemporary geographical issues to his credit.