Clonal evaluation for early growth performance of Eucalyptus in South Gujarat, India
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This study was carried out in College of Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat. Total 20 clones having age of 5 ½ years were selected for early growth evaluation at field condition. There was a significant variation (P < 0.05) among 20 clones of Eucalyptus for growth parameters viz., tree height, DBH, mid-diameter, form quotient and volume of standing tree. Tree height varied from 18.5 to 23.6 m with DBH range of 11.47 to 16.07 cm. Mid-diameter indirectly helps to assess the tapering of tree and it ranged from 6.99 to 10.57 cm among 20 clones. The form quotient was used while calculation of volume of Eucalyptus clones. The form quotient varied between 0.58 and 0.71 with overall mean of 0.63 at studied site. Volume of standing tree ranged from 0.12 to 0.28 m3. The overall results showed that clones such as C12 (P2045), C17 (B2253), C4 (P413), C8 (P526), C7 (P498), C16 (SRO16) and C11 (P3020) performed superior for early growth attribute and stem form and these clones suggested for large scale plantation in South Gujarat region.
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Clone, DBH, Eucalyptus, Form quotient, Growth, Height, Volume
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FSI (1999). State of Forest Report. Survey of India, MoEF, Govt. of India, Dehra Dun.
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Kulkarni, H.D. (2008). Private farmer- private industry part-nerships for industrial wood production: a case study. International Forest Rev., 147- 155
Kulkarni, H.D. (2014). Industrial agroforestry: An ITC initi-ative. Indian Farming, 63(11): 42-44
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Qunekham, K. (2009). Developing volume and taper equa-tions for Styrax tonkinensis in Laos. M.Sc. (Forestry) thesis submitted to University of Canterbury, New Zea-land.
Saigal, S. and Kashyap, D. (2002). Review of company-farmer partnership for the supply of raw material to wood-based industry. Ecotech Services, New Delhi, pp-10-96
Schiffel, A. (1899). Form and Inhalt der Fichte (Form and volume of spruce). Mitt. Forstl.Versuchsanst. Oster-reiche 24.
Sharma, M. and Parton, J. (2009). Modeling stand density ef-fects on taper for jack pine and black spruce plantations using dimensional analysis. Forest Science, 55: 268–282
Sharma, M.; Oderwald, R. and Amateis, R. (2002). A consist-ent system of equations for tree and stand volume. Forest Ecology and Management, 165: 183–191
Socha, J. and Kulej, M. (2007). Variation of the tree form factor and taper in European larch of Polish prove-nances tested under conditions of the Beskid Sadecki mountain range (Southern Poland). J. For. Sci., 53(12): 538-547
Tewari, D.N. (1992). Monograph on Eucalyptus. Surya Pub-lication, Dehradun. pp. 361
Ugalde, L. and Perez, O. (2001). Mean annual volume incre-ment of selected industrial forest plantation species. Forest Plantation Thematic Papers, Working Paper 1. Forest Resources Development Service, Forest Re-sources Division, FAO, Rome.
Valenti, M.A. and Cao, Q.V. (1986). A comparison of the effects of one-step and two-step pruning on loblolly pine stem form. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry, 10: 251–253
Vennila, S., Parthiban, K.T., Seenivasan, R., Saravanan, V., Anbu, P.V., Kanna, S.U. and Durairasu, P. (2011). Pulpwood characterization and screening short rotation Eucalyptus clones. Indian Journal of Ecology, 38(Special Issue): 84-90
Wiklund, K., Konopka, B. and Nilsson, L. (1995). Stem form and growth in Picea abies L: Karst in response to water and mineral nutrient availability. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 10: 326–332
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Clonal evaluation for early growth performance of Eucalyptus in South Gujarat, India. (2016). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 8(4), 2066-2069. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v8i4.1088
