ICFRE - Himalayan Forest Research Institute

Establishment of seed Production Areas : Survey of forest areas in H.P. and J&K including that of existing Seed Stands was carried out and Seed production Areas of Chir Pine established.

1. Seed Production Area ( Chir Pine) :                 HP -  50.96 ha

                                                                                                     J&K- 15.00 ha

SPA of Chir pine

Establishment of Seed Orchards: Survey of forest areas in H.P. and J & K carried out to select CPI's of Chir Pine and seed collected from these was utilised for establishment of Seedling Seed Orchard. Clonal material from identified CPT's of shisham from the states of' U.P., H..P., J&K and Punjab were collected for establishment of clonal seed orchard and multiplication garden

Clonal Seed Orchards (Shisham):               HP - 4.5 ha

J&K - 3.5 ha

Seedling Seed Orchards (Chir Pine):           HP-5.00 ha

CPT's of Chir Pine (Pinus roxburghii)	CSO of Shisham ( Dalbergia sissoo )

Seed Stands of Cedrus deodara: Enumerated 50 ha Seed Stands of Cedrus deodara for their conversion into Seed Production Areas (SPAs). Marking lists of the selected seed stands were submitted to SFD for executing culling operation. Selected 77 Plus Trees of the species and established progeny trail with 52 families.

Identification of superior clones of Dalbergia sissoo: 16 superior clones were screened out for productivity enhancement of Dalbergia sissoo based on growth performance stress resistance and insect resistance.

Screening of Salix clones: Screening of 14 imported clones and six provenances of Salix was carried out keeping in view their height-growth performance and their resistance towards insect-pest incidences with special reference to Aphid attack. Salix coerulea was the best performer as far as height growth was concerned whereas UWU-2 was the front runner amongst the introduced clones.