Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. Bibliography. 1. General. 2. Country reports. 3. Environmental factors. 4. Site factors. 5. Undergrowth. 6. Animals and birds. 7. Soil properties. 8. Litter decomposition. 9. Soil microorganisms. 10. Soil and water conservation. 11. Plant botany. 12. Plant chemistry. 13. Plant physiology. 14. Plant embryology. 15. Plant morphology, anatomy and histology. 16. Dendroclimatology. 17. Genetics and breeding. 18. Plant pollination. 19. Genetic improvement. 20. Ecology and distribution. 21. Vegetation ecology. 22. Silviculture. 23. Agroforestry. 24. Harvesting. 25. Injuries and protection. 26. Surveying and mapping. 27. Growth and yield. 28. Productivity. 29. Management. 30. Marketing. 31. Wood industry. 32. Wood properties. 33. Wood utilization. 34. International forest policy. Author index. Subject index.
From the preface: "Teak is one of the most important timber species of the world. Teak plantations are grown extensively not only in its native home range covering India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Indonesia but also in many other countries in Asia, Africa, Central and South America and the Carribbean Islands. Intensive work has been carried out on different aspects of the species like genetic improvement, provenance trials, selection criteria for superior phenotypes, improved seed strategy, phenology, flowering and pollination processes, seed germination, vegetative propagation and tissue culture, plantation raising and management, properties, treatment and utilization of the timber. The research results are published in different forms like journal articles, reports, books, theses, conference proceedings, etc. and are widely scattered. An effort has been made to cover the details of all these publications in the form of a bibliography. A total of 4781 references have been compiled in this bibliography. The references included date back to year 1856 to the present. References are arranged under broad subject categories alphabetically by author's name. This bibliography will fill a long felt gap in access to information on teak and will be useful to researchers, forest officials and all those who are interested in teak wood."
