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VI. Suggested Reading
Ahuja MR and
 
Libby WJ. 1993. 
Clonal Forestry I Conservation and Application
. Springer
Ahuja MR. 1992. 
Micropropagation of Woody Plants
: Volume 41 (Forestry Sciences). Springer 
Ahuja MR and Libby WJ. 1993. 
Clonal Forestry II Genetics and Biotechnology
. Springer
Mandal AK and Gibson GL. 2002. 
Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding
. CBS Publishers, New
Delhi
Lecture Schedule
Sr. No.
Topic
No. of Lecture(s)
Theory
1.
Introduction to clonal forestry; History of clonal forestry
2
2.
Clonal propagation
4
3.
Clonal planting, strategies for clonal forestry for higher
productive potential
2
4.
Juvenility and Maturation, rejuvenation and maintainance,
regulation of phase changes, markers of phase changes
3
5.
Breeding strategies using vegetative propagation- selection
and breeding for extreme genotypes
4
6.
Physiological research for higher productivity of clonal forestry.
3
7.
Field design, testing and evaluation of clones
3
8.
Genetic gains from breeding with clonal option. Clonal
conservation approaches- management of populations for
genetic diversity and gain
4

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9.
Biotechnological approaches for clonal forestry
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plant tissue culture-micropropagation
3
10.
Rejuvenation of tissues from mature trees
2
11.
Testing of clonal fidelity using molecular markers
2
Total
32
I. Course Title
: Forest Ecophysiology
II. Course Code