M V Durai (12 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: New. Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Distribution. 3. Description of Tree. 4. Environmental Conditions. 5. Fruit Maturity and Seed Collection. 6. Natural Regeneration. 7. Artificial Regeneration. 8. Establishment of Plantation. 9. Management of Plantation. 10. Rate of Growth. 11. Timber Yield. 12. Insect-pests. 13. Diseases. 14. Properties of Wood. 15. Phyto-chemistry of Mahogany. 16. Timber Value. 17. Uses. Mahogany is one of popular tropical timbers in the world. Recently, it is being widely cultivated in farmlands for timber production due to fast growth, attractive wood colour and multiple uses. This is first comprehensive textbook on mahogany in India. The book presents information from seed to seed - introduction, distribution, description of tree, favourable environmental conditions, fruit maturity and seed collection, natural regeneration and nursery technique, establishment and management of plantation, growth statistics, timber yield, insects and diseases, physical, anatomical, mechanical and machining properties of wood, identification of wood from other related mahogany woods, market price of wood and uses of mahogany in lucid manner with a lot illustrations. This book would caters the needs of students, farmers, tree growers, nursery personnel and other stakeholders who are involved in plantation forestry.

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Hardcover. Condition: New. Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Taxonomy. 3. Trade names. 4. Natural distribution. 5. Natural associates. 6. Status and threats of wild population. 7. Environment. 8. Botanical description. 9. Silvicultural characters. 10. Natural regeneration. 11. Artificial regeneration. 12. Establishment of plantation. 13. Growth statistics. 14. Properties of wood. 15. Heartwood formation and its quality. 16. Natural varieties. 17. Harvesting and processing of heartwood. 18. Grading of heartwood. 19. Economics of red sanders. 20. Uses of wood. 21. Substitutes and adulterants. 22. Policy and legislation on trade. 23. Legal and illegal trade in India. 24. International trade. 25. Current procedure for trading. Red sanders is one of highly prized timbers in the world. The price of one tonne Red Sanders heartwood is ranges from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 1 crore in the international market. Red sanders is being widely used in the traditional health care systems since many centuries. It is endemic to south India and is distributed in about 9600 km² of land. Its global trade dates back to at least 400 years. It has huge demand international market especially in China and Japan. Due to its ever increasing demand in market and price, foresters and farmers are interested in cultivating red sanders in large scale. Since, comprehensive, concise and complete information on red sanders is not available, especially establishment and management of plantation, heartwood formation and its quality, trade, legislation and regulations at both domestic and international level. While keeping these knowledge gaps in mind, a textbook has been written with high priority. This book is monograph on Red sanders. It has 25 chapters and each chapter illustrated with figures and tables, wherever, felt necessary.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Basics of an analytical laboratory. 3. Methods for soil analysis. 4. Methods for plant analysis. 5. Methods for water analysis. 6. Methods for fertilizers and manures analysis. 7. Modern techniques in analysis of soil, plant, water and fertilizer/manures. This book gives the routinely used analytical methods for soil, water, fertilizers and manures as single source. It is mainly meant for teaching research in soil chemistry, soil fertility and fertilizers production and water quality. As the plant growth and development are essentially related to these fields, all analytical procedures are given for plant in-organic constituents. The present work is unique in that sense it includes all tested proved and widely used methods along with principles and apt interpretations for determination of nutrients in plant and soil and quality of fertilizers and water, which are concern with plant growth.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. The tropical forest ecosystems are one of the most diverse and rich in biological diversity on earth. The tropical rainforests of India are found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Western Ghats, and North-eastern India. India is exceptionally rich in biodiversity, and considered as one of the 17 mega-biodiversity countries in the world. Of the 34 biodiversity hotspots identified in the world, India cover four biodiversity hotspots namely, the Himalaya, Indo-Burma, Western Ghats and Sri Lanka and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. India occupies about 2.4 per cent of the world's land area and supports about 8 per cent of the world's total species, including 47,000 species of flowering plants, 4833 vertebrates and 68,389 arthropods. In 16 chapters, reputed experts in their field describe the various aspects in the tropical forest ecosystem of India. Key aspects on the floristic diversity of tropical evergreen forests of various ecosystems are discussed. This book will be of great help to researchers and field scientists as it is a document of this unique habitat of India. (jacket).