Ground-layering and air-layering trials were carried out on bariala (Bambusa vulgaris) and muli bansh (Melocanna baccifera)during April and May, 1982. All the treated branches of B. vulgaris produced successful propagules in the air-layering experiment. The ground-layer in a of twelve culms (2 years old) of the same species also produced 23 rooted and rhizomed propagules. Initiation rooting and rhizome appeared only in the branches of mid-culm zone in both of the layering experiments, M. baccifera did not respond to any of the layering methods.

Growth and development of each of the propagules of B. vulgaris planted in the field are being recorded to determine the time required for attaining the marchantable culm size.

In a preliminary study od pollen fertility percentages and open pollination in emasculated flowers, leading to fruit formation in Santalum album ( sandal) were investigated. Open-pollination percentage measured through fruit formation was low. Inter-plant differences both in pollen-fertility and in fruit formation were highly significant. It was observed that though the pollen-fertility percentage is high, fruit formation is low.

Only a fair price of jute for the
growers can ensure its sustained supply for
the industries or for export. Multifarious
uses and vigorous export promotion drives,
in their turn, can keep the demand of
jute to the desired level. Thus, a project
was undertaken for making paper-pulp
from jute using a process to give a higher
yield compared to the conventional kraft
process, yet retaining the kraft like properties.
The success of such a project is
likely to open the possibility of a perpetual
high demand of jute in the industrial sector.