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VII. Suggested Reading
Dwivedi AP. 1993. 
Forestry in Indi
a. Surya Publ.
Julius E. 1982. 
Plantation Forestry in the Tropic
s. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
Kumar V. 1999. 
Nursery and Plantation Practices in Forestr
y. Scientific Publ.
Luna RK. 1989. 
Plantation Forestry in Indi
a. International Book Distributors.
Prakash R, Chaudhari DC and Negi SS. 1998. 
Plantation and Nursery Techniques of Forest
Tree
s. International Book Distributors.
Lecture Schedule
Sr. No.
Topic
No. of Lecture (s)
Theory
1.
Role of plantation forestry in meeting the wood demand – status of
plantation forestry in India and world
02
2.
Purpose of plantation, factors determining scale and rate of plantation
01
3.
Land suitability and choice of species
02
4.
Preliminary site preparation for establishing plantation
02
5.
Plantation planning, project formulation and appraisal. Planting
programme, time of planting, spacing, pattern and planting methods
03
6.
Nutritional dynamics and irrigation of plantation
02
7.
Mechanization in plantation
01
8.
Protection and after care of plantation
01
9.
Pruning and thinning in plantations for quality wood production.
Rotation in plantation
01
10.
Failures of plantations. Impact of interaction and integration of
plantation forestry
02

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Forestry–Silviculture and Agroforestry
539
11.
Protective afforestation, afforestation of inhospitable sites
03
12.
Plantation forestry for climate change mitigation- carbon forestry
02
13.
Ecological factors and long term productivity. Sustainable yield from
plantations
02
14.
Case studies in plantations of Eucalypts, Casuarina, Poplars,
Acacias, Pine, Silver Oak, Gmelina, Teak, Sandal, Bamboo, etc.
Wasteland plantations
04
15.
Production technology of energy plantations, Industrial plantations
02
16.
Emerging concepts in plantation forestry: mixed plantation,
continuous cover forests
02
Total
32
Practical
1.
Analysis of plantation problems in Asia and India
1
2.
Preparation of plantation calendar –Preliminary arrangement
for a plantation programme
2
3.
Planting geometry and calculation of planting stock
2
4.
Study of different cultural operations and site preparation for plantation
2
5.
Studies on wood based industries – problems and prospects
2
6.
Management of 
Eucalyptus, Casuarina,
Teak, Sal, Poplar, 
Acacias
and Bamboo plantations
2
7.
Production technology for energy plantations
1
8.
INM in plantations. Irrigation and plantations
2
9.
Economics of pulpwood, timber and energy plantations. Study of
mixed plantation model
2
Total
16