Handbook On Afforestation Techniques

Broken up into 11 chapters, this book provides a brief history of afforestation in the Indian sub-continent, and outlining present-day policies and techniques. Appendices give details of distribution, seeding and propagation of 173 forest trees; common names (171 trees); weed killers; nursery pests; growth regulators; management of dry zone soils; and soil working techniques in the dry zone. There is an index to species and geographical areas.