Contents: Preface. Keynote address. Silviculture and management: 1. Silviculture of teak with special reference to Kerala/N.V. Trivedi Babu. 2. Culture of teak plant by Perum Perhutani/Wardono Saleh, H.A. Fattah and D.S. Poedjoraharjo. 3. Teak cultivation at Jivrajbhai Patel Agroforestry Centre/V.J. Patel. 4. Intensive management of teak plantations/S. Shyam Sundar and S. Parameswarappa. 5. Development prospects of Malabar teak in Indonesia/Nina Mindawati and Sukaesth Parajadinata. 6. Managing teak plantations for super-quality timber/K.M. Bhat. 7. Teak management in Kerala/D.S. Rao, Mehar Singh and B. Shivaraju. 8. Modern Teak Nursery Management in Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited/M.G. Sardar and K. Subramanian. 9. Effect of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and soil working on the growth of teak plants/Mehar Singh. 10. Irrigated teak plantations in Maharashtra--a case study/V.S. Joshi and U.M. Farooqui. 11. History of Teak Forest Management in Indonesia/Hasanu Simon. 12. Density management diagram - a novel approach in stand density manipulation of teak plantations/Prasoon Kumar and B. Mohan Kumar. 13. Physiological assessment of germinability of teak seed/Manika Mishra and Mohinder Pal. 14. Tropical soil and teak culture - a new silvi system/V. Reghunatha Panicker. 15. Harvesting system in teak forest in Java/Zakaria Basari and Ishak Sumantri. 16. Log split in teak felling operation/Wesman Endom.

Pests, diseases and disorders: 1. Control of the teak defoliator - past attempts and the new promise/K.S.S. Nair, V.V. Sudheendrakumar, K. Mohanadas and R.V. Varma. 2. White grub damage and its control in teak nurseries/R.V. Varma. 3. Distribution, infestation progression rate and host range of the teak carpenterworm Alcterogystia cadambae Moore [Lepidoptera : Cossidae) in Kerala, India/George Mathew. 4. Possible use of microbial pathogens against teak pests/M.I. Mohamed Ali and V.V. Sudheendrakumar. 5. Current status of diseases in teak plantations in India and future research needs/J.K. Sharma, E.J.M. Florence and C. Mohanan. 6. Nursery diseases of teak in India/C. Mohanan, J.K. Sharma, and E.J.M. Florence. 7. Seed microflora of teak and its effect on seed germination and seedling growth/J.K. Sharma and C. Mohanan. 8. Mistletoe problem of teak and its control measures/M. Balasundaran and M.I. Mohamed Ali. 9. Effect of mistletoe attack on teak wood/R. Gnanaharan and M. Balasundaran. 10. Water blister problem of teak in Kerala/Jose Kallarackal, K.V. Bhat and K.K. Seethalakshmi. 11. Timber defects of plantation grown teak and their implication on wood quality/M. Balasundaran and R. Gnanaharan.

Genetic improvement: 1. Genetic improvement of teak in India/K.N. Subramanian. 2. Genetic improvement of teak (Tectona grandis) for peninsular India/Luckins C. Babu, K. Gopikumar and N.K. Vijayakumar. 3. Accelerated breeding strategy for tree improvement and quality seed production of teak in India/A.M. Mukewar. 4. Genetic improvement of teak in Kerala : present status and future strategy/E.P. Indira. 5. Preliminary field trials with tissue culture plants of teak in Maharastra/K. Subramanian, A.R. Thakare, S.V. Paranjpe and S.S. Khuspe. 6. Teak seed orchards in Maharastra - some observations/Anmol Kumar. 7. Teak propagation/S.V. Kendurkar, A.B. Dhage, V.M. Kulkarni, M.M. Jana and A.F. Mascarenhas. 8. Aspects in vegetative propagation of teak/Manika Mishra and Mohinder Pal. 9. Teak improvement in Andhra Pradesh - its present status/A.V.R.G. Krishna Murthy. Utilization: 1. Utilization of teak/Gopinathan Vallil. 2. Utilization aspects of teak/V.R. Krishnan Nair. 3. Performance of teak in marine exposure trials in Indian waters and some aspects of its utilization/L.N. Santhakumaran, K.S. Rao and V.V. Srinivasan. 4. Prospects of conserving teak by using alternative species/K.S. Pruthi. 5. Teak - the standard timber for structural use/Harendra Nath Mishra. 6. Properties and utilization of teak wood for wood composite products/Suwandi Kliwon, Rozak Memed and M.I. Iskandar. 7. A case study on teak structure/Harendra Nath Mishra.

General and environmental aspects: 1. Future of teak in Kerala/S. Chand Basha and S. Sankar. 2. A Teak Research Institute in 1991 - the year of teak/K.K. Nair. 3. Projections of financial returns in the teak plantations in West Chanda Forest Project Division/M.G. Sardar, A.P. Deshmukh and K.N. Chandnani. 4. Colonial state and the Malabar teak/K.V. Kunhi Krishnan. 5. Nilambur teak - the history and a resume of early planting activities/K. Shanmuganathan. 6. An investment of Rs. 1000 in teak grows to Rs. 50000 in twenty years! Is it a myth or reality?/A.V.R.G. Krishna Murthy. 7. Effect of tree species in soil properties along a transect through teak, eucalypt and rubber in Kerala/M. Balagopalan and A.I. Jose. 8. Decomposition of teak leaf litter/K.V. Sankaran. 9. Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal association with teak plantations in Yercaud Hills, Tamil Nadu, India/N. Raman, N. Nagarajan, K. Sambanandan and S. Gopinathan. 10. Elephants and teak plantations/N. Madhavan Pillai. 11. Teak and taungya with particular reference to biotic and environmental factors/P.K. Zachariah. 12. Teak plantations and environment/K. Shanmuganathan. 13. Environmental impacts of teak regeneration and culture/K. Balachandran Thampi. Symposium recommendations. List of participants. Author index.