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Effect of Forest Composition on Regeneration of Chir Pine


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The present investigation was carried out in Forest Division of Himachal Pradesh (H.P.) from nearly 1100 m to 1400 m amsl. Study was conducted in three periodic blocks (PB-I, IN and IV) under pure and mixed crop. The maximum number of recruits of Pinus roxburghii Sarg. (Chir pine) was found in PB-I followed by PB-IN of pure Chir pine crop. While the unestablished regeneration of Pinus roxburghii was absent in PB-IV of mixed Chir pine crop. The maximum regeneration success was in PB-I and maximum established stocking percent was in PB-IV of the Chir pine species wasfound in pure crop. Regeneration success of Chir pine followed the sequence PB-IV>PBI>PB-IN. The results of the present study suggest that there is no well defined and clear effect of the neighbouring vegetation on Chirpine regeneration.

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Regeneration, Chir Pine, Forest Composition.
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Abhay Mahajan
H.No. 189-B, Kendriya Vihar, Sector-48 B, Chandigarh-160047, India

Abstract


The present investigation was carried out in Forest Division of Himachal Pradesh (H.P.) from nearly 1100 m to 1400 m amsl. Study was conducted in three periodic blocks (PB-I, IN and IV) under pure and mixed crop. The maximum number of recruits of Pinus roxburghii Sarg. (Chir pine) was found in PB-I followed by PB-IN of pure Chir pine crop. While the unestablished regeneration of Pinus roxburghii was absent in PB-IV of mixed Chir pine crop. The maximum regeneration success was in PB-I and maximum established stocking percent was in PB-IV of the Chir pine species wasfound in pure crop. Regeneration success of Chir pine followed the sequence PB-IV>PBI>PB-IN. The results of the present study suggest that there is no well defined and clear effect of the neighbouring vegetation on Chirpine regeneration.

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Regeneration, Chir Pine, Forest Composition.

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