With the rapid industrialisation and establishment of wood
based industries in our country,awide gap between supply and
demand is being created. If we depend on our slow growing hardwood
species for bridging the gap, it will widen the gap only, instead
of closing the same. Secondly our wood based industries require
softwood specially long—fibre species,.which cannot be met from
our existing wood stands. Along with the growing of indigenous
light wood species, search has to be made also to find out some
conifers of exotic origin which can be established in oii soil and
climatic conditions to meet the growing demand of long fibre
species.