Contents: Preface to volume I. Preface to Volume XXVIII. Foreword. 1. Salt affected soil, and its reclamation/S.K. Banerjee, A.K. Singh and P.K. Shukla. 2. Reproductive biology and variability studies in Dalbergia Sissoo (Roxb)/Rajni Chauhan, Sanjeev Chauhan and H.N. Khajuria. 3. Entomopathogenic fungi for the control of insect pests of multipurpose forest tree species/Shamila Kalia and N.S.K. Harsh. 4. Growing medium characteristics for containerized tree seedlings production/Shailender Kumar. 5. Root trainer nursery technology in forestry/Parvez Ahmad Soft and S.D. Bhardwaj. 6. Teak seed orchards and seed production in Madhya Pradesh/N. Roychoudhury, Parvex Jalil, K.C. Joshi and Manish Chourasia. 7. Role of biochemical markers in breeding zone designation, seed orchard research and conservation of forest genetic resources/S.K. Sharma, S.K. Verma and Sanjay Kalia. 8. Efficiency of artificial regeneration method of Sal (Shorea robusta) in Chotanagpur area/Jai Kumar and M.H. Siddiqui. 9. Study on relative increment in the growth pattern of fibre yield attributing parameters of ramie (Boehmeria nivea (L) Gaud) varieties at different cropage levels/S. Bordoloi, P. Baruah, P.K. Baruah and B.P. Mishra. 10. Gomari-its culture and use as a source of raw material for pulp and paper industry/T.C. Sarma. 11. Preliminary study on the effect of shoot: root ratio on survival and early growth of Grewia Optiva Drummond in plantation/S.K. Lavania and Virendra Singh. 12. Jor Lab L2-an improved strain of lemongrass for commercial cultivation of hilly tracts of NE India/P.C. Sarma, T.C. Sarma and A. Sarma. 13. Screening techniques for evaluation of insect resistant trees/N. Roychoudhury and K.C. Joshi. 14. Effect of different host species on the survival percentage and growth increment of Sandal (Santalum album Linn.) in the nursery conditions/Som Dutt and K.S. Verma. 15. Index to contents, volume-XXVI (2003).
From the preface: "In this volume, we have for you 14 papers/articles dealing with forest soils, improved afforestation techniques, forest protection and plant genetics etc. We sincerely hope that readers will like it.
It has been realised that welfare of country is directly related to the management and productivity of natural system. The landuse is changing rapidly with the growing population and demands and therefore importance of good research back up has been given importance in the field of forestry in recent years."
