Contents: Preface. 1. Performance of various tree species in canal side plantations of I.G.N.P. stage-II in western Rajasthan/A.K. Upadhyaya. 2. Watershed management in river valley project areas of Rajasthan/K.B.L. Mathur. 3. Afforestation of arid lands with special reference to Gujarat/R.J. Java. 4. Forest development in Kachchh (Gujarat)/Y.R.C. Reddi. 5. Notes on afforestation of arid lands of Kachchh district in Gujarat state/A.P. Jethwa. 6. Seeding and afforestation programme in bet areas of great rann of Kachchh/A.K. Varshney. 7. Afforestation on arid lands/S.K. Tembe. 8. Forestry in arid zones of Punjab/B.C. Bala. 9. Sand dune afforestation in Tamil Nadu/R. Sundararaju. 10. Application of developed technologies in arid zone forestry and future priorities/R.S. Bhandari.

11. Some aspects of plantation forestry research in western Rajasthan/J.C. Tewari, L.N. Harsh and J. Venkateswarlu. 12. Role of management techniques for afforestation in arid regions/R.S. Mertia. 13. Proven technology of sand dune stabilization--a step to combat desertification/Z.D. Kavia and L.N. Harsh. 14. Research priorities in arid zone forestry/G.N. Gupta. 15. Afforestation in inhospitable sites--a case of afforestation of a sand dune in Jhalana area/G.S. Nathawat, Anita Nag and Archana Mathur. 16. Salvadora oleoides--A promising tree for Thar desert/R.S. Mertia and I.C. Gupta. 17. Influence of alkalinity on the growth of tree seedlings/A.K. Dwivedi and R.J. Srivastava. 18. Afforestation and its effect in salt effected soils/H.S. Gill, J.S. Samra, Gurbachan Singh and I.P. Abrol. 19. Effect of Prosopis juliflora in the reclamation of salt affected soils of Bhal region/G.L. Maliwal, C.M. Nadiayadara, S.H. Punjani and C.L. Patel. 20. Casuarina equisetifolia for coastal dry areas/G. Venkatachalam.

21. Nursery techniques of some species suitable for arid regions/P.E. Bedell, B. Gurudev Singh, T. Dhanushkot, N.P. Mahadevan and S.N. Vijayachandran. 22. Biotechnology as related to arid zone forestry/N.S. Shekhawat, T.S. Rathore, R. Joshi, R.P. Singh, G. Kaur, A. Kackar, N. Singh, P. Singh, N.S. Deora, N. Mathur and M.N. Tewari. 23. Genetic improvement of tree species suitable for arid zone/K.R. Solanki. 24. Role of plant tissue culture in arid-land afforestation/K.G. Ramawat. 25. Effect of auxins on rooting branch cuttings of Tamarix aphylla/Mohinder Pal and H.C.S. Bhandari. 26. Use of mulches in dryland afforestation programme/S.B. Singh and K.G. Prasad. 27. A new Technology for afforestation with scarce and poor quality waters in desert areas/I.C. Gupta, N.D. Yadav, P.M. Singh and B.D. Sharma. 28. Role of soil management practices in afforesting dry lands/G.N. Gupta and Premlal. 29. Growth and dry matter production in response to application of tree seed oil cakes as fertilizer in Dalbergia sissoo seedlings/Adarsh Kumar, Uma Singh and P.S. Rawat. 30. Growth and cover density of khejri (Prosopis cineraria) in arid zone/R.P. Dhir, S.K. Saxena and J.R. Sharma. 31. Combating desertification through afforestation/Rajiv K. Sinha. 32. Role of natural vegetation covers in improving the physicochemical status of arid range lands of western Rajasthan/B.D. Sharma, A.K. Bawa and I.C. Gupta. 33. Reclamation of degraded lands through aerial seeding/Ram Prasad. 34. Afforestation of ravines/M.C. Prajapati and L.S. Bhushan. 35. Dry zones of Nilgiris: a case study/K.G. Prasad, S.B. Singh, M. George and T. Krishnamurthy. 36. Biofertilizers and afforestation/S.C. Bhandari. 37. Prospects of mycorrhizal research in arid zone forestry/Premlal and G.N. Gupta. 38. Multipurpose nitrogen fixing trees for arid zone afforestation/V. Sivaji, O.N. Pandey and Pawan Kumar. 39. Habitat selection in birds on dry land eucalyptus plantations and management of monoculture in India/D.N. Pandey and S.K. Dubey. 40. The effect of afforestation on the abundance and diversity of birds/S.K. Dubey and D.N. Pandey.

41. Aravalli hill eco-restoration-few thoughts/N.K. Bohra. 42. Forestry in support of livestock economy of arid region/A.L. Chaudhry, R.K. Beniwal and J.S. Mann. 43. Tree-crop interactions: imperatives for arid zone agroforestry/N.C. Jain. 44. Desirable characteristics for crops and trees association under arid environment/N.D. Yadava and I.C. Gupta. 45. Horti-silvi-pastoral system for increased productivity of marginal and degraded lands under rainfed conditions/G.B. Raturi and S.S. Hiwale. 46. Some case studies of alternate land use systems of agroforestry in semi arid farming situations/G.P. Khurana, P.P. Sharma and G.D. Singh. 47. Effect of intercrop and root trenching in agroforestry system/N.K. Chopra, N. Chopra and L.N. Harsh. 48. Evaluation of tree species for use in dry zone silvi-pasture systems/M.H. Swaminath and D.S. Ravindran. 49. Mortality in irrigated plantations of Dalbergia sissoo roxb/K.K. Srivastava. 50. Useful trees for arid climate-silvicultural characters and protection measures against possible diseases/R.K. Namdeo, V. Nath and Neelum Verma. 51. Scope of biological agents in forest pest management in arid zone/S.I. Ahmed. 52. Rodent pests of silvi-pastoral system and their management in an arid environment/R.S. Tripathi, A.P. Jain and B.D. Rana. 53. Innovation for the promotion of tree planting with active participation of people in urban areas of arid zone/A.R. Bapat. 54. Peoples participation in afforestation of arid land/J.P. Chandra. 55. Rational use of timber and its role for conserving the forests/M.S. Rajawat. 56. Requirement of small farmers for planting multipurpose tree species in Aravalli region/U.M. Lodha and B. McGean. 57. Fuel wood crisis in arid and semi arid areas/Vinod Kumar. 58. Techno-economics of mechanised post hole digger for energy plantation/V.K. Vijay, N.S. Rathore and A.N. Mathur. 59. Regeneration of degraded common property land resources in Rajasthan/G.S. Nathawat and Laxmi Thakur. 60. Management of natural vegetation--an imperative for the ecostability of the arid zones/Rajendra Sharma.

61. Role of fruit plants in afforestation of arid lands/B. Prasanna Kumar and P. Sampath Kumar. 62. Afforestation through agroforestry research and development/R.L. Joshi and Dr. K. Janakiraman. 63. Tree species and field crop combinations for agroforestry in Rajasthan state/O.P. Mathur. 64. Technology for afforestation of drylands in U.P./Chandra Gupta, A.K. Dwivedi and R.J. Srivastava. 65. Forest protection in arid zones: problems and research priorities/M.L. Thakur and R.K. Thakur. No. 8229

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