Teak (Tectona grandis L.) is the premier
species both in terms of properties, and
appearance and is the top demanded
species in Bangladesh. In recent years, heavy
demand of timbers in the industries has
led the Forest Department to choose fast
growing species on short rotations. Still
the demand of Teak for constructional and
cabinet manufacturing purposes and also
for export is very high. It is, therefore,
being planted only under the long rotation
cycle.
Stump planting is the usual practice
for raising Teak plantations. Seedlings are
raised in the nursery, one year ahead, for
stump-planting during May-June in the

Grasses such as Blue panic, Guinea grass, Green panic, Rhodes
grass, Signal grass, three cultivars of Buffel grass, two cultivars of
Setaria and Legumes like Centro, Greenleaf desmodium, Highworth
dolichos, Rongai dolichos, Archer dolichos, Tinaroo glycine, Siratro,
Cook stylo, Schofield stylo, Endeavour stylo, Townsville stylo, Verano
stylo were grown at six Silvicultural Research centres of Bangladesh
to study their herbage production. Among grasses Signal grass,
Guinea grass, Green panic and the cultivars of Setaria produced
higher amount of herbage in comparison to other grasses. Legumes
like Schofield stylo, Cook stylo, Endeavour stylo, Townsville stylo
and Verano stylo produced higher yields of herbage in comparison
to other legumes. These promising fodder grasses and legumes have
important bearings on multiple land use in agriculture as well as in
forestry.

Trials on introduction of tropical Pines
have been undertaken in Bangladesh with
a view to building up a source of
longfibred pulp. Pinus caribaea, P. oocarpa
elliottii have been experimentally
over the last 15-20 years at
the Bangladesh Forest Research Institute
Campus. Needle cost is a general term used to
describe diseases in which needles are shed
from diseased trees. Specific needle cast
differs with respect to age of needles

A community Forestry Project was initiated in 1980 in the
Protected Forest land at Pomra in the district of Chittagong. So
far, 126 landless families have been rehabilitated in 24 groups in the
project area by allotting 1.62 ha of denuded hills to each family.
Most of the families took loans from the Bangladesh Krishi Bank
for procuring inputs with the help of the Forest Department to
amounts ranging from Tk 1,000 to Tk 4,000. The paper discusses
the state of development of horticultural and forest plantations in
these plots, and the improvement of the standard of living and
socio-economic status of these families. The cropping pattern, inputoutput
ratio, Land Expectation Value and employment intensity have
been reported on the basis of a survey conducted on 24 families out
of 126.

An economic analysis ofi* neutral sulphite anthraquinone (NS—
AQ) pulping of jute showed a saving of about Tk 2,500/ADt of
bleached pulp compared with comparable kraft pulping off jute. This
means a saving of about Tk 112.5 million for a mill producing
45,000 tons of pulp annually. It was further assessed that SMR white
and tossa grades of jute, and jute cutting are cheaper raw materials
for NS—AQ pulping as against kraft pulping of bamboo.

A study of three broadleaf species growing on hills of Chittagong
University campus showed that height and diameter growth diminish as one
moves up the hill. The rate of diminution can be predicted by using separate
logarithmic functions developed for each species. Some recommendations arc
made on species selection and future management considerations.

It has been found that the nature
pineapple can be improved by treating
The most obvious effect
both in terms of time and quantity.
for canneries. Moreover, fruits can be
obtained all the year round by artificial
flower induction and advantage taken of
the higher prices for ”offseason” fruits
Tremendous works have been done in
this line in different countries specially
in Australia, Hawaii and Puerto Rico and
some in Bangladesh and a few important
of them have been reviewed in this paper
Under natural conditions, a percentage
of pineapple plants do not flower at the
normal time and, in addition, flowering
may spread over several weeks. But with
the application of hormone the plants can
be forced to flower within a shorter
period ensuring uniform cropping, This is
very important when the fruit is grown
and time of flowering In the plants with hormones
has been found to be enhanced flowering The response of the plants to
hormone treatment varied according to the substances used and their
concentration* Other effects of hormone treatment have been found to
be increase in size and weight of the fruit.

Bangladesh is a young country but its
forestry traditions date back to the midnineteenth
century. According to the Government
two year (1978-80) approach plan,
the area of state owned forest managed by
the Forest Department is 1.32 million ha
(3.25 million acres). There is also 0.906-
million ha (2.4 million acres) of unstocked
hill forest under the administration of the
district authority of Chittagong Hill Tracts,
most of which is only usable for raising
forest crops. The major objectives of the
approach plan, and indeed of plans for future
years, are the accelerated exploitation coupled
with the establishment of plantations.