Pal, Mohinder

• Hill Bamboos - Socio-economic Significance and Conservation Imperatives : a Case Study from Himachal Pradesh

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Authors

G. S. Goraya , Mohinder Pal , K. S. Kapoor , Vaneet Jishtu

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Indian Forester, Vol 134, No 3 (2008), Pagination: 351-362

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Hill bamboos, locally called 'Nirgal', form a very important vegetation component in the Sutlej catchment falling under the Rampur Forest Division and Kotgarh Forest Division of Shimla District in Himachal Pradesh. Two species of this bamboo group viz. Sinarundinaria falcata and Thamnocalamus spathiflorus have been reported from these forest divisions. This paper, on the basis of empirical data, highlights the socio-economic significance of these bamboo species in the study area. Major threats to the wild populations of these species and conservation strategies for better management of this resource have also been discussed in this paper.

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Hill Bamboos, Sinarundinaria falcata, Thamnocalamus spathiflorus, Socio-economic
Significance, Protection, Production, Utilization, Himachal Pradesh

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• Conservation of some Idmalayan Medicinal Plants Using Biotechnological Approaches

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Authors

Anil Kumar , Shyamal K. Nandi , Bhuwan Chandra , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 130, No 2 (2004), Pagination: 187-199

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The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) harbours a large number of economically important plants, which include several species of medicinal value. The ever increasing demand, particularly in view of world-wide shift for the drugs of herbal origin over synthetic counterparts, has led to overexploitation of medicinal plants. In addition, lack of organised cultivation has resulted in many of these plants finding place in the list of vulnerable, endangered or threatened categories. Thus there is an immediate need for mass multiplication of many of these species to make available the planting material for taking up organised cultivation. This article reviews the work on in-vitro multiplication of Taxus baccala subsp. wallichiana, Podophyllum hexandrum, Aconitum balfourii and Picrorhiza kurrooa, with particular reference to work carried out in this laboratory. The importance of selecting elite planting material (in relation to active ingredient content) from the natural populations and the application of molecular markers to characterise the genetic diversity within and among different populations has been discussed. Moreover, alternative methods of obtaining active principle(s) through callus, suspension and hairy ischolar_main cultures for these medicinal plants have been highlighted. These aspects have been dealt with keeping in focus the dual objectives of conservation and meeting the commercial demands through cultivation.

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• Phenological Studies on Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Neem) of Satpura and Adjacent Agro-climatic Zones of Madhya Pradesh (India)

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Authors

P. K. Pande , Jagdesh Singh , P. B. Meshram , S. K. Banerjee , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 130, No 3 (2004), Pagination: 273-282

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Phenological studies on Azadirachta indica A. Juss (Neem) of different agro-climatic zones viz Narmada valley, Vainganga valley and Satpura plateau are described. Major leaf-fall period fell between February-March except in Narmada valley where it was extended up to April. Leaf emergence initiated during February-April in different agro-climatic zones. Vegetative phase lasted for seven months (August-January) in all climatic zones except Vainganga valley where it lasted for six months only. Flowering initiated in February in all the climatic zones while in Narmada valley, it was noticed during March. Fruiting was initiated during March-April. The impact of climate was observed on the morphological and phenological characteristics of Neem. The significant variations among the quantitative phonological parameters like leaf, flower, fruit-abundance, leaf-area, leaflet area and leafweight for different climatic zones. These variations were non-significantly correlated with growth-parameters like gbh, tree-height, crown-diameter and crown-height. Significant positive correlation between flower and fruit- abundance was obtained which indicated that increasing flower-abundance enhanced fruit production.

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• Threatened Medicinal Plants and their Conservation in Himachal Himalayas

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Authors

Hemant K. Badola , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 129, No 1 (2003), Pagination: 55-68

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The paper analyses 133 rare, sensitive and threatened medicinal plant species of Himachal Himalayas for their status with the help of use pattern, nativity and endemism and explores possibilities for their conservation. These species constitute 17% trees, 23 % shrubs and 60 % herbs distributed over 59 families. The listed species include those that have been considered prone to endangerment or referred as endangered in literature and through experts' group exercises. These include 34 % endemism (Indian Himalayan Region) of the total defined taxa in the paper. The above total assessed taxa show high nativity (>53 %) to Himalayan region. A higher percentage of species (> 50 %) under ethno-medicinal as well as commercially medicinal use category indicate high pressure on the same. Destructive nature of use pattern, i.e. ischolar_main (60 %), whole plant (16 %), bark/wood/resin (19 %) further indicates threats from harvesting. Special stress is made on 45 threatened species assessed under IUCN and other experts' criteria for Himachal Himalaya. Species prioritization using differcnt exercises is given high value in wide scale conservation strategies, either by means of in-situ or ex-situ methods.

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• Research Needs and Priorities for Conservation of Indian Medicinal Flora

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Authors

S.A.S. Biswas , S. S. Jain , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 129, No 1 (2003), Pagination: 85-92

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South-East Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe provide nearly 90 per cent of raw materials for medicinal exploitation. It is revealed that there are actually 121 plants tliat yielded prescription drugs as a result of the study on 35,000 species of plants. About 5,000 species world over are considered to have been examined throughly for the active principles. Only 41 species generate commercial sales to the tune of US$ 40 billion per year with nonformulation drugs as adjuncts claiming nearly US$ 60 billion. The Indian region endowed with nearly 20,000 species of plants highlight 75 major species of medicinal flora, out of which at least 25 were most sought after during the last decade. Nearly 3600 species of documented medicinal flora 540 find major use as herbal drugs (about 200 of these are used in bulk quantities and are of commercial potential). The families of plants such as Apocynaceae, Celastraceae, Compositae (Asteraceae), Simaroubaceae, Rutaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Magnoliaceae, Annonaceae, Boraginaceae, Leguminosae (Fabaceae), Liliaceae, Rubiaceae, Gymnosperms (Cephalotaxaceae) have anti-cancer drug yielding species. The paper provides botanical-cumphytogeographical regions of the country with specific elements of medicinal flora. The need for categorizing the rare and threatened medicinal and aromatic flora as per IUCN Red Data enlisting norms has been emphasized in the paper. Research need and priorities targeting different activities on the aspects of (i) Inventorization and Characterization, (ii) Monitoring and Assessment, (iii) Ex-situ Conservation, (iv) In-situ Conservation and (v) Utilization have been outlined in the paper.

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• Effect of Coppicing Height on Shoot Production Capacity of Different Clones of Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.

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Authors

Mohinder Pal , Meena Bakshi , Rakesh Prakash

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Indian Forester, Vol 129, No 4 (2003), Pagination: 504-508

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Different clones of Dalbergia sissoo were coppiced at two coppicing levels viz. 15 cm and 30 cm to identify the best clone producing maximum number of shoots and the best height at which coppicing should be made. Statistically significant differences were observed among different clones with the maximum number of shoots being produced in Clone 189 at 30 cm height while the minimum number of shoots were produced in Clone 86 at the same height. However, no correlation was observed between collar diameter and shoot regeneration capacity at 2 years of age in Dalbergia sissoo clones.

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• Gregarious Flowering of Thamnocalamus spathiflorus and T. falconeri, Bamboos from Uttaranchal, India

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Authors

H. B. Naithani , Mohinder Pal , S. T. S. Lepcha

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Indian Forester, Vol 129, No 4 (2003), Pagination: 517-526

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Genus Thamnocalamus belongs to sub-family Bambusoideae. Three species viz. Thamnocalamus aristatus, T. falconeri and T. spathiflorus are known under this genus. This paper presents gregarious flowering in year 2002 of Thamnocalamus falconeri and T. spathiflorus from Uttaranchal, India. These species gregariously flowered after 28-33 years (T. falconeri) and 60 years (T. spathiflorus). Another two species viz. Drepanostachyum falcatum and Chimonobambusa anceps have already completed their flowering cycle in 1998 and 2000 and 1978 respectively. A key to the identification of the species, sub-species and varieties under Thamnocalamus is also provided.

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• Mass Flowering of Montane Bamboos in Himachal Praoesh : Ushering in the New Millenium

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Authors

G. S. Goraya , Vaneet Jishtu , K. S. Kapoor , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 129, No 8 (2003), Pagination: 1013-1020

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Montane bamboos are represented in the western-Himalayan State of Himachal Pradesh by two species i.e. Arundinaria falcata and Arundinaria spathiflora. Both these species, having great ecological and local socio-economic significance, have gregariously flowered across the State during the year 2000 and 2001 respectively. This paper documents specie-wise extent of flowering of these bamboo species in the Sutlej catchment of the State.

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• Diversity and Conservation Status of Medicinal Plants in Uttaranchal State

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Authors

S. S. Samant , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 129, No 9 (2003), Pagination: 1090-1108

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The Uttaranchal State is located in the Indian western Himalayan Region (IHR). Like other provinces of the IHR this region is also known for rich biodiversity. The rich plant diversity of the region has been in use since the Vedic Period. Most of the medicinal plants are being extracted for drug and pharmaceutical industries from wild populations. This has adversely affected the very existence of a number of plants of high commercial value. Further, with the increasing world demand and renewed global interest in traditional ethnopharmacy coupled with the increasing preference for natural substances in the health care system, the natural stock of medicinal plants of the State is under tremendous pressure. Majority of the species are used in Ayurvedic, Unani and other traditional systems of medicine and also in the plant based pharmaceutical industries. In view of the importance of medicinal plants of the region, it has become necessary to review the diversity and conservation status of medicinal plants of Uttaranchal State. The present study recorded 701 species of medicinal plants. Of these 138 species were trees, 135 species were shrubs, 421 species were herbs and 7 species were ferns. Among the families Asteraeeae, Fabaceae, Lamiaceae, Apiaceae, and Orchidaceae and among the genera Euphorbia, Polygonum, Allium, Ficus, Berberis, Swertia and Cassia showed the maximum representation of the species. Sixty six families were monotypic. Whole plants (179 spp.), ischolar_mains (120 spp.), leaves (56 spp.), fruits (12 spp.), seeds (25 spp.), flowers (10 spp.) and combinations of different parts (299 spp.) were used for the treatment of various ailments. Maximum diversity of medicinal plants was distributed in the zone of < 1800 m and gradually decreased with the increasing altitude. 178 species were native to the Himalayan region, 9 species were endemic and 104 species were near endemic. Seven species i.e., Saussurea costus (Endangered), Allium stracheyi, Berberis affinis, Dioscorea deltoidea, Nardostachys grandiflora, and Picrorhiza kurrooa (Vulnerable), and Pittosporum eriocarpum (Indeterminate) have been recorded in the Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Using new IUCN criteria these species along with others have been also categorized as Critically Endangered (18 spp.), Endangered (18 spp.), Vulnerable (22 spp.), Low Risk - Near Threatened (6 spp.) and Low Risk - Least Concern (I species). In- situ and ex- situ conservation initiatives have been also highlighted. Based on the distribution and potential values medicinal plants have been prioritized for cultivation in different altitude zones. Furthcr, appropriate action plan for the conservation and management of medicinal plants has been suggested.

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• Carbohydrates in Relation to Rooting of Culm Cuttings of Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.)

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Authors

Rakesh Kumar , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 129, No 11 (2003), Pagination: 1355-1360

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Study was conducted to estimate the carbohydrate content in bamboo culm in relation to its ischolar_maining potential. The findings indicate that in Dendrocalamus strictus, the carbohydrate content is not directly related to ischolar_maining potential of cuttings. Hence, some other factors may be responsible for initiating the ischolar_maining in culm cuttings.

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• Air Layering Trials in Azadirachta indica A. Juss

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V. K. Mishra , S. P. Chaukiyal , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 128, No 1 (2002), Pagination: 70-74

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Air layering trials were conducted in Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) during the months of February, May and August in areas of Uttaranchal and Punjab. One year old lateral branches were girdled, and IBA 500-1000 ppm was applied at the exposed surfaces and wrapped with moistened sphagnum moss. Callus was formed at the girdled portions of all the air layers, with/or without IBA treatments. Adventitious ischolar_maining was obtained in the air layers of February and May while the layers made during August failed to form ischolar_mains. Even the slight delay in air layering trials during monsoon period may suppress air layering response in Neem. The results of our study suggests that early summer season (May) seems to be best period for air layering in Neem and ischolar_maining was obtained within two months following girdling.

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• A Report on the Recent Flowering of Giant Bamboo in the Campus of forest Research Institute , Debra Dun

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S. S. Jain , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 128, No 5 (2002), Pagination: 583-586

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• Gregarious Flowering of Bamboo Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees in Haryana

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H. B. Naithani , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 128, No 5 (2002), Pagination: 587-588

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• Indian Poplars with Special Reference to Indigenous Species

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H. B. Naithani , Sumer Chandra , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 127, No 2 (2001), Pagination: 230-237

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Genus Populus is usually dioecious, rarely monoecious viz. Populus lasiocarpa; exceptionally bisexual i.e. Populus jaquemontii var. glauca. There are only four species of Populus native to India viz. Populus ciliata, P. gamblei, P. jacquemontii var. glauca and P. rotundifolia. Rest all are exotic and some of them are naturalized in Kashmir i.e. P. alba, P. euphratica and P. nigra. A key to the identification of both wild and exotic species, nomenclature and distribution of species; work done on the endemic species and suggested lines of work have been provided for the improvement of indigenous species.

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• Interactive Effect of Auxin and Etiolation on Adventitious Root formation in Cuttings of Tectona grandis Linn. F.

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Authors

Azamal Husen , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 127, No 5 (2001), Pagination: 526-532

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The effects of stock plant etiolation on ischolar_maining behaviour of stem cuttings taken from one-year-old seedling of Teak (Tectona grandis Linn. F.) were investigated. Except mean shoot diameter, etiolation significantly increased mean shoot length, internodal length, number of coppice shoot, number of leaves, number of nodes and total sugar content of branches. Etiolation increased total soluble sugar content of branches. Studies have shown that etiolation had pronounced effect on per cent sprouting, ischolar_maining, mean number of ischolar_main length and mean number of ischolar_main per cutting. Etiolated cutting have shown 100 per cent ischolar_maining, while nonetiolated (control) cutting under similar condition have given 46.60 per cent ischolar_maining. Application of NAA has significantly decreased ischolar_maining potential of even etiolated cuttings. Stock plant etiolation and NAA have not shown significant interaction on adventitious ischolar_main formation.

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• Interclonal, Intraclonal and within Tree Variation in Wood Parameters of Different Clones of Populus deltoides

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Authors

Laxmi Chauhan , Sangeeta Gupta , R. C. Madhwal , Rajiv Pandey , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 127, No 7 (2001), Pagination: 777-784

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Variation in specific gravity and wood parameters was studied in 10 year old trees of 18 clones of Populus deltoides with promising growth rate. The sample discs were taken out at different heights viz. breast height, 25%, 50% and 75% of merchantable tree height. To study radial variation, each annual ring was sampled. Significant interclonal differences were observed in anatomical parameters and specific gravity while trees, within clones showed no significant effect. The specific gravity was found to be positively correlated with age, fibre length and vessel frequency and negatively related with fibre diameter and lumen diameter. A negative correlation was also observed between specific gravity and ring width. Within a tree, height and position of annual ring from pith had significant effect on fibre length, lumen diameter, vessel frequency and specific gravity. The specific gravity reaches maximum at 50% of tree height and fibre length at 25% of tree height showing decreasing trend upwards. At breast height fibre length and specific gravity increases rapidly pith outwards upto 6th year followed by a slower rate of increase upto 8th year with a tendency to level off from 8th year. Breast height values of specific gravity and fibre length have been found to be highly correlated with whole tree values for these two parameters. For the prediction of whole tree values from breast height values, regression models and multiplication factors have been derived for fibre length and specific gravity.

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• Gregarious Flowering of Bamboo Dendrocalamus strictus

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H. B. Naithani , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 127, No 7 (2001), Pagination: 829-830

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• Nomenclature and Gregarious Flowering of Bamboo Pseudoxytenanthera monadelpha (thw.) Soder.&ellis (oxytenanthera thwaitesii munro) in Karnataka

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H. B. Naithani , Mohinder Pal , N.S. Adkoli

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Indian Forester, Vol 127, No 12 (2001), Pagination: 1397-1399

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This paper deals with correct nomenclature and first record of gregarious flowering of the Bamboo Pseudoxytenanthera monadelpha (Thw.) Soderstrom and Ellis.

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• Identity and Distribution of 'Magar' Bamboo Dendrocalamus somdevai in Western Idmalaya

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H. B. Naithani , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 127, No 4 (2001), Pagination: 474-476

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During Bamboo survey a species viz. Dendrocalamus hamiltonii distributed in Western Himalaya called 'Magar' in Himachal Pradesh was critically examined and found distinct from Dendrocalamus hamiltonii. It belongs to Dendrocalamus somdevai a species recently been described from Uttaranchal. This indicates that Dendrocalamus hamiltonii is distributed in Eastern India, Andhra Pradesh. Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China and Vietnam. Dendrocalamus somdevai provides excellent fodder in winter. Its germplasm is available in the University of Palampur, Himachal Pradesh.

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• Non-linear Regression Models in Bamboo(Dendrocalamus strictus) Seedlings

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Rakesh Kumar , Rajiv Pandey , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 126, No 2 (2000), Pagination: 154-158

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A study was conducted with non-linear regression model in Bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus) seedlings to estimate the fresh weight of rhizome on the basis of fresh weight ofleaves. The non-linear analysis reflected that fresh weight of rhizome and leaves are not linearly related. One more important point emerges that only fresh weight of leaves is not responsible for fresh weight of rhizome.

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• Statistics of Biomass Structure of Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees Seedlings

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Rakesh Kumar , Rajiv Pandey , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 126, No 9 (2000), Pagination: 993-1001

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Descriptive statistics of different biomass and growth parameters of Dendrocalamus strictus seedlings were reported. The relative contributions of different parts of seedlings to total weight in fresh and dry conditions were also given. It was observed that the contribution of culms was maximum followed by rhizome for both the conditions. An estimate of every parameter is also worked out for different number of culms present in a clump. Similar trend was observed for the seedlings having 3 and 4 number of culms per clump for most of the parameters.

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• Nomenclature, Distribution and Phenology of Bamboos Dinochloa and Gigantochloa in Andaman & Nicobar Islands

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H. B. Naithani , Sumer Chandra , Rajesh , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 126, No 9 (2000), Pagination: 1008-1012

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Paper presents with the nomenclatnre, distribution of genus Dinochloa, Gigantochloa andamanica. A new combination viz. Dinochloa scandens var. andamanica Naithani has been proposed and its gregarious flowering has been reported for the first time from South Andaman Forest Division. Gigantochloa andamanica has been observed in sporadic flowering with mortality of clumps.

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• Addition to the Flora of Delhi

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H. B. Naithani , Sumer Chandra , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 132, No 5 (2006), Pagination: 589-600

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The Delhi Ridge is a green patch of land considered the "Breathing lung" or "Green lung" of Delhi. Total area of the Ridge is approximately 7,782 ha, which is about 0.6% of Delhi's total geographical area. The area of the Ridge is divided into four zones viz. North Ridge, Central or New Delhi Ridge, South Central Ridge and Southern Ridge with includes the Asola - Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary. Regarding the flora of Ridge, Maheshwari published the flora of Delhi and included 531 plant species. From the part of Ridge he included 188 plant species. Almost 40 years have passed and no revisionary work on the floristics of Delhi is available except a few sporadic papers. Under a project "Vegetational Survey and Inventorisation of species in the Ridge Forest Delhi" quantitative and qualitative studies of plant were conducted and total 414 species were reported only from the area of the Ridge. Most remarkably, 37 plant species are now being reported for the first time from Delhi

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• Performance of Shisham (Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.) Provenances Against Ganoderma Root Rot

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Authors

R. C. Sharma , Mohinder Pal , Ranjeet Singh

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Indian Forester, Vol 136, No 5 (2010), Pagination: 588-593

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Forty provenances of Shisham (Dalbergia sissoo) were screened against Ganoderma ischolar_main rot under the natural conditions in a randomized block design. Variations to the extent of mortality and plants showing initial ischolar_main rot symptoms were recorded. None of the provenance remained disease free. However, least mortality (2.0%) was recorded in Barielly provenance followed by 4.2 per cent in Rampur provenance and rated as resistant to Ganoderma ischolar_main rot. In the plantation of Rampur and Barielly provenances, 4.2 and 10.4 per cent plants, respectively showed initial symptoms of ischolar_main rot. Highest mortality (33.4%) was recorded in Banaras provenance followed by 29.2 per cent in each Nazibabad and Etawah provenances. In terms of height and diameter, Kankai provenance was rated as best but it was moderately susceptible (14.6% tree mortality) to Ganoderma ischolar_main rot. Provenance Rampur, which was rated as resistant with 2.0 per cent tree mortality, was fifth best in terms of plant height and diameter at breast height

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Ganoderma Root Rot, Performance, Dalbergia sissoo, Provenances, Relative Resistance

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• Cheap Substitutes of Auxin for the Clonal Propagation of Casuarina equisetifolia

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Mohinder Pal , Manika Mishra , Meena Bakshi , H. C. S. Bhandari

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Indian Forester, Vol 122, No 11 (1996), Pagination: 999-1003

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Investigations were undertaken to study the effect of IBA and several phenolic compounds on the ischolar_maining and growth of cladode segments of Casuarina equisetifolia. 1,000,5,000 and 10,000 ppm concentrations of IBA as well as the 100 ppm concentration of most of the phenolic compounds tried promoted ischolar_maining and the growth of cladode segments. However, the promotion of ischolar_maining and the growth of the segments even with ]000 ppm IBA were greater when the phenolic compound was applied as a pretreatment immediately before the auxin treatment. The phenolic compounds were found to reduce IBA requirement by 80% - 90%. Besides the ischolar_maining and the growth of the segments treated with only 1000 ppm IBA after pretreatment with phenolic compounds were found equally good or even superior to the segments which were treated with 5,000 or 10,000 ppm IBA alone. The relevance of the findings for the rapid mass clonal multiplication of economically important plant species has been discussed.

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• Clonal Approaches for Yield Improvement in Neem: Strategies and Protocols for Selective Use of Genetic Diversity

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Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 121, No 11 (1995), Pagination: 1033-1039

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The paper reviews the existing protocols for the clonal propagation of neem. The strategies for the implementation of clonal approaches for yield improvement are discussed. Of the existing protocols involving the use of traditional as well as the newly developing technologies, the more successful ones have been described and related to their utility in the clonal plantation programmes of neem.

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• Rooting Cladode Segments : a New Technique for the Rapid Mass Clonal Propagation of Cladode Bearing Plant Species

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Mohinder Pal , Meena Bakshi , H. C. S. Bhandari

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Indian Forester, Vol 120, No 8 (1994), Pagination: 729-732

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This paper describes a new technique of macro propagation for the rapid mass multiplication of clonal material of cladode bearing species viz; Casuarina equiselifolia. Casllorina glauco and Tamarix aphylla by ischolar_maining cladode segments. Accordingio this method. The needle-like cladodes are collected and made into 4.0 cm long Aegments, treated with IBA and planted under intermittent mist. Rooting and survivability of the segments was found to he quite satisfactory. The relevance of this new technique for the rapid mass clonal multiplication of forest tree species has heen discussed.

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• Cheap Non-auxinic Chemicals for Rooting Nodal Segments of Neem (Azadirachta indica)

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Mohinder Pal , Adarsh Kumar , Meena Bakshi , H. C. S. Bhandari

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Indian Forester, Vol 120, No 2 (1994), Pagination: 138-141

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Rooting trial were conducted terminal and sub-terminal leafy softwood binodal segments made from actively growing branches of neem. The terminal segments ischolar_mained easily even without auxin treatment. The segments taken from the sub-terminal greenwood zone were only moderately easy to ischolar_main but their ischolar_maining response improved on their treatment with potassium permanganate and ascorbic acid. Relevance of the findings for the mass clonal multiplication of neem has been discussed.

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• Mass Propagation of Bambusa tulda through Macro-proliferation for Raising Industrial and Commercial Plantations

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Adarsh Kumar , Mohinder Pal

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Indian Forester, Vol 120, No 2 (1994), Pagination: 152-157

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A new simple low cost technology has been developed for production of field planting stock of Bambusa tulda vegetatively through macro-proliferation in massive numbers. A plan has been developed for production of 25,000 or in multiples, field plantable saplings every year for ant desired number of years depending upon the targets and the facilities.

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• Mass Clonal Multiplication of Casuarina equisetifolia by Rooting Cladode Segments

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Mohinder Pal , Adarsh Kumar , Meena Bakshi , H. C. S. Bhandari

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Indian Forester, Vol 120, No 2 (1994), Pagination: 162-167

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A new technique of macropropagation by ischolar_maining small segments of cladodes for rapid mass multiplication of clonal material of Casuarina equisetifolia L. is described. Even as small as 2.0 cm long cladode segments can be rotted if maintained under high humidity. The size of cladode segments, position of the cladode on the shoot, auxin treatment, season of taking and planting the segment and age and genotype of the mother plant were found to affect the ischolar_maining ability of the cladode segments. The significance of this technique for the mass multiplication of the superior clonal material of C. equisetifolia is discussed.

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• Macropropagation of MFP Species by Leafy Nodal Segment Culture

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Mohinder Pal , H. C. S. Bhandari

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Indian Forester, Vol 120, No 2 (1994), Pagination: 171-173

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Trials on clonal propagation of a number of MFP(minor forest products) species, by ischolar_maining nodal segments were conducted to develop the suitable technologies for the mass production of superior planting material. The effects of season of taking and planting the cuttings, the physiological features of the mother plant, treatment with phytohormones etc. were systematically analysed. The findings indicate that it is possible to vegetatively propagate the superior quality plants of MFP species by ischolar_maining leafy nodal segments after their treatment with suitable doses of growth regulatory substances. The significance of these findings for the mass production of the superior quality planting stock of MFP species, and their possible implications in the socio-economic development are discussed.

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• Vegetative Propagation of Ranbaigan (Solanum torvum SW.) by Rooting Branch Cuttings

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Authors

K. C. Badola , Mohinder Pal , H. C. S. Bhandari

Source

Indian Forester, Vol 119, No 12 (1993), Pagination: 1027-1028

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• Mass Productlon of Field Planting Stock of Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Vegetatively through Macro-proliferation

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Authors

Adarsh Kumar , Mohinder Pal , Shiv Kumar

Source

Indian Forester, Vol 118, No 9 (1992), Pagination: 638-646

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A technology developed for production of field planting stock of Dendrocalamus hamiltonii has been described. The advantage of this technology is that it is low cost, simple, easy and involves the use of locally available materials and has direct application in the field. The dependence on bamboo seed production in nature is totally eliminated from second year onwards for mass production of field plantable bamboo saplings. The planting stock, developed vegetatively through macro-proliferation remain small in size which is additional advantage as these are easy to handle and transport. The technology developed, will help to overcome the scarcity of planting stock of bamboo in absence of seed. A plan has been developed and described in this paper for production of 16,000 field plantable saplings of D. hamiltonii vegetatively every year for any desired number of years. Depending upon the targets and the facilities available, the planting stocks in multiples of 16,000 can be produced each year.

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• Growth, Biomass Production and Dry Matter Distribution Pattern of Eucalyptus Hybrid Grown in an Energy Plantation

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Authors

Mohinder Pal , D. P. Raturi

Source

Indian Forester, Vol 117, No 3 (1991), Pagination: 187-192

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The preeent Investigation waa undertaken to study the growth, biomass production, dry matter distributIon pattern and inter-relationship between the various yield contributes of biomass of Eucalyptus hybrid grown in an energy plantation, under rain-fed conditions In semi-acid zone. The age of plantation was three years. The growth of individual trees in the plantatIon was very heterogeneous. The tree height varied from 550 cm to 990 cm and girth at breast height varied from 5 cm to 35 cm. Although the larger trees, or category A trees, were much fewer in number than the medium size and smaller trees of category B and category C, their contribution to biomass yield was maximum. Further, the biomass of category A trees was superior even qualitatively since it contained higher percentage of bole-wood and utilizable biomass and less at non-utilizable biomass. The total blomsss yield was 44.78 oven-dry tonne per hectare. Bole and brenches constitute the major yield contributes of biomass.

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