NURSERY PRACTICES

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Research on Sandalwood Planting Stock Improvement Modern Nursery Practices Macropropagation of Teak, etc Biotechnology Genetic fidelity studies Germplasm bank Seed studies Field Trials Agroforestry

Nursery Practices

Outer view of green house

Inside view of green house

Outer view of agroshade net

Inside view of sand beds in agroshade net for vegetative propagation

Over view of modern nursery

Bombax ceiba seedlings in 150 cc root trainers

Dalbergia latifoliaseedling raised in 50 cc root trainers

Developed modern nursery techniques for propagation of important species – Bombax ceiba, Casuarina equisetifolia, Dalbergia latifolia, Terminalia tomentosa, Xylia xylocarpa, Myristica fragrans, Bambusa bambus, Dendrocalamus strictus and Wrightia tinctoria

"Internationally recognized center of expertise with an exhaustive source of data and information in the area of wood science and technology with particular reference to wood based panels"

IWST, Bengaluru

The Government of Mysore had set up a Forest Research Laboratory (FRL) at Bangalore in 1938. In the initial years, work was carried out mainly on properties and uses of different timber species.!