Soil and climate- 1.Conservative behavior in the response of crops to water and light; 2. Atmospheric CO2, global carbon fluxes and the biosphere; 3. Nitrogen influence on the physiology of crop yield; 4. On scale problems in modeling; an example from social ecology. Plant Growth and Development; 5. Assimilation, Allocation, Explanation, Extrapolation; 6. Can crop model contain economic factor?; 7.Integration of activity in the higher plant; 8. Crop growth models for green house climate control Pests, Diseases and weeds; 9. Defoiliation, disease and growth; 10. The bridge function of production ecology in the pest and disease management; 11. Agronomical measures to control growth and yield reduction by weeds; 12. On descriptive and mechanistic models for interplant competition, with particular reference to crop weed interaction Agricultural production systems; 13. Agricultural production systems; 14. The crop model record; promise or poor show ?; 15. A multiple goal programming basis for analysing agricultural research and development; 16.Intergrating crops and livestock in southern Mali; rural development and environmental degradation?; 17. International agricultural research for developing countries.

This book deals in stimulation, system analysis and their application in crop protection. It explains the systems analysis of crop growth, yields and losses, the population dynamics of pests, diseases and weeds, and the assembly of these analyses into various models.

1. Introduction; 2. Material and Methods; 3. Morphology and Cultural Characters; 4. Factors affecting morphology and cultural characters; 5. Cholestrol as a taxonomic criterion; 6. In vivo effect of different factors; 7. General Discussion and Conclusion; 8. Summary; 9. Key to the identification; 10. References; 11. Index; 12. Plates.

This book is the proceedings of the national seminar on herbal medicines, bio-diversity and conservation strategies. This is the compilation of different articles on herbal medicines, conservation of rare and endangered medicinal plants, bio-diversity and bio control of insects-pest and diseases. This book endeavors immense value for herbal medicines. 

The book is divided into three parts. The first part deals with the characteristics, demography, races and languages of tribes. The second part deals with the social and political organization found among the tribal societies and also the various institutional forces. The third part deals with the tribal economy and various developmental policies and programs, which have been put forth by the government.

1.Introduction; 2.Theoretical perspective; 3.Issues and methodologies; 4.Perception about objectives of social forestry; 5.Opinion regarding component of social forestry; 6.Expected role of different agencies; 7.Adaptability of program among the people; 8.Distribution, Legal and personal issues in social forestry; 9.Conclusion & recommendation. 

This book presents extremely useful and informative material on angling, use of hooks, spoons, baits, rod, line, etc. the book presents a historical account of angling in India and analyses the causes for dwindling of the stock of certain species of game fishes and the steps that may be taken to conserve the endangered species. 

This is a half yearly publication, each issue containing results of researches in various fields of forestry. 
31 volumes already published. 

Part I- 1.Introduction; 2.Objects of management; 3.Forest organisation; 4.Sustained yield; 5.Rotation and production period; 6.The normal forest 7.Increment; 8.Distribution of age gradation and age classes; 9.The growing stock; Part II- 10.Yield regulation-general considerations; 11.Yield regulation in regular forests; 12. Yield regulation in irregular forests; Part III- 13.Working plans-general consideration; 14. Prepa- ration of working plans, Appendices.

I. Introduction; II. Scales; III. Linear measurement; IV. Chain surveying; V. Measurement of Angles and bearings; VI. Prismatic compass and chain survey; VII. Plane table surveying; VIII. Leveling: Instruments and Methods; IX. Contours- Contouring-Topographical; X. Map and Maps reading; XI. Enlargement, Reduction and Copying Plans; XII. Computation of Areas; XIII. Arial SurveyPhoto Interpretation Forest Maps from Arial photographs. Appendices. 

The book gives information about nurseries and plantation techniques of the species in general, with special and detailed reference to 100 important Indian Forest Tree species; briefly covering Bamboos and Tropical Pines. The object of this publication is to familiarise the foresters as well as other enterprising individuals, voluntary organizations and institutions, involved in tree planting activities, under various afforestation schemes. Each of the 100 species is dealt with, Distribution: Particulars about Seed(e.g. time and methods of collection, storage, weight, pre-sowing treatment, germination capacity and plant percent, etc.). Nursery Technique : Methods of Natural and Artificial Propagation. Tending: Rate of Growth: Injuries (biotic and Climatic) to which liable: Silvicultural Characters,
Utilization and Management, in brief, under a general paragraph. A Chapter on Forest Types of India has also been added, particularly for the benefit of Forestry Students. It is hoped that the book will serve as a useful reference and guide for the Students of Forestry at the Forest Colleges as well as the Agricultural Universities, and also for the personnel engaged in tree planting.

This book will serve a useful purpose for many voluntary agencies and individuals engaged in social forestry and tree planting, especially for fuel and fodder, in different agro-climatic zones of the country. The book consists information on 32 tree species for fuel and fodder and 25 plates of the important species.

Chapter 1- The ideology and the urgency; Chapter-2 The fundamen- tal components; Chapter-3 Some social forestry schemes: Progress and constrains; Chapter 4 Experiences of states; Chapter-5 The participatory approach; Chapter 6 Indifference towards the nature of what should be produced; Chapter 7- Panchayats and NGO's in social forestry Development; Chapter 8- towards an alternative energy source; Chapter 9- Benefits from social forestry.

1. Forest conservation A. Retrospective view; 2. Evolution of forest conservation Act; 3. Regional offices Implementation of act; 4. Compensatory afforestation Telugu Ganga Compensatory afforestation A case study; 5. Is Forest conservation act obstacle for development?; 6 Article 371-and Forest Conservation Act; 7 Historic Judgement of Supreme Court on forest conservation act 1980.

In the South India peninsula the Malabar coast is the richest in vegetation and has been famous from ancient times as the store house of valuable medicinal plants and timber trees. The native state of Travancore comprises a large section of the coast and the main portion of the Western Ghats falls within its limits. The author has given here botanical description of the flowering plants of this region. There are different plants listed along with their botanical descriptions the author has given when available the English name, locality flowering season and use.

In the South Indian Peninsula the Malabar cost is the richest in vegetation and has been famous from ancient times as the store house of valuable medicinal plants and timber trees. The native state of Travancore comprise a large section of the coast and the main portion of the Western Ghats falls within its limits. The author has given Botanical descriptions of the flowering plants of the region. There are 3535 different plants listed. Along with their Botanical descriptions the author has given where available the english name, locality flowering season and use. 

History of Potato, 1 Structure and chemical compo- sition of the potato, 2 Starch and sugar during tuberisation, storage and sprouting,3 Dormancy, Sprouting and sprout inhibition, 4 Respiration, 5 Water balance of the Potato tuber, 6 Disease and defects liable to affect potatoes during storage Principle of Potato storage, 7 storage losses, 8 storage condi- itions, 9 Cooling of potatoes and water loss, 10 Heat balance in the potato store construction and technical facilities of potato stores, 11 Purpose of storage and store requirements, 12 Potato store constr- uction, 13 cooling systems in potato stores, 14 Temperature control systems in potato stores, 15 Fans- Pressure head in the ventilation systems, 16 Ventilation systems in potato stores, 17 Air humidification Potato storage practice, 18 Inspection of store and arrival of potatoes, 19 Drying of potatoes, 20 Wound healing, 21 Sprout inhibition in ware potatoes storage, 22 Protection of Produce, 23 Temperature control during storage, 24 Heating of ware potatoes, 25 Chitting of seed potatoes Transport and fishing operation, 26 Damage of Potatoes, 27 Filling of Potato stores, 28 Unloading of Potato stores,, 29 Grading and sorting of potatoes, 30 Packing of Potatoes Potato storage in the tropics and subtropics, 31 Storage of Potatoes at high temperature Subject index 

This book covers chapters on: 1 Survey of Area; 2 Forest Mensuration; 3 Log rules; 4 Instruments for Forest measurements; 5 The measurement of felled trees; 6 The measurement of standing trees; 7 Volumes tables; 8 Timber estimating; 9 Age of trees and stands; 10 Growth of individual trees; 11 Increment of stands; 12 forest organisation; 13 Regulation of the cut; 14 The working plan document; 15 Forest finance; 16 forest administration.

The book is a culmination of efforts to collect all relevant information on forest management and conservation especially that will help us to correct the harmful effects of strategies and policies adopted in the past and pursue management practices that will safeguard the ecological balance of the region and provide livelihood security for the indigenous people who are dependent on forests. Contribution to this book come from well known scientists/ researchers and academicians and represents a collection of well-written articles on the topics covered. The book is divided into five sections: First section on biodiversity consists of eight articles covering the diverse biotic forms starting from microbus, fungi and angiosperms. The only paper on faunal diversity is the one that deals with the spider species and their conservation aspects. The second section on forest conservation vis-à-vis soil water conservation includes three articles. One of them also gives an insight into the role of earthworms in soil management. The third section on multidisciplinary approaches on forest conservation and management includes twelve articles on the role of agro forestry systems in sustainable development of hilly regions. Forestation techniques that help in amelioration of degraded hills of western Himalayas are discussed by Bhardwaj and Panwar from Y.S.P.U.H.F., Solan. Section four of the book deals with participatory forest management. Two articles included in the section emphasize the need for involving forest dwellers in decision making concerned with any devel- opmental activities. The last section of the book is on ethno botany, rural development and forest conservation strategies. This section includes thirteen articles, which through light into the traditional systems of medicine practice by tribal communities in India. It also covers some articles on the traditional forest resources and conservation aspects. Most of the articles published in this book come from Indian authors and deal mainly with trends in conservation strategies for sustainable management of Indian forests. This book, the editors' hope, will help the Scientists, Researchers, Students, Planners alike formulating various strategies and policies for the sustainable management and conservation forest resources.

Rosenburgh, C.R.W.K. van Alderwerelt van 
Malayan Fern Allies: Hand Book to the Determination of the Ferns Allies Malayan Islands 
(Incl. Those of the Malaya Paninsula, the Philippines and New Gunea)                Rs. 750.00 
(Pub.1915) Rep. 1985. 
Pp. xvi+261 

This 15-chapter book is divided into four sections that discuss wood's structure and basic chemistry, its properties and reactivity, and its surface and degradation chemistry. The very basis of how wood is formed and the structure it assumes during this growth are given in the first section. Various wood science terms are defined and discussed thoroughly to give a clear and adequate foundation for the rest of the book. Wood water relationship important in almost any wood applications- are also discussed in this section. The subsequent three sections discuss relations and chemistry important for the beginning wood chemist to understand. These topics include wood's cell wall components, strength, interaction with preservatives, and adhesion. Wood polymer materials, wood surface activation, weathering and protection, and pyrolysis and fire retardancy are topics also embraced. 

This manual deals with the family Polyporaceae based on exhaustive studies on Fungi belonging to this group collected from different parts of India. The book covers several aspects like anatomy, sexuality etc. The genera and species have been arranged alphabetically with figures. 

1. Toward a greater breadth of vision, 2. The basics of remote sensing, 3. Remote sensing of the natural environment, 4. Remote sensing of man's use of the land, 5. The development of remote sensing from space, 6. Pro and con.