Updates from ICFRE Institutes

 ICFRE-ERC, Prayagraj organized one day Rastriya vagnayik sangosthi on 27th September 2024  ERC:   11 October 2024

  Report on Establishment of "Matri Van" under EK PED MAA KE NAAM at ICFRE-IFB, Hyderabad on 14.09.2024.  IFB:   11 October 2024

 Report on the training program conducted by ICFRE-CEC, Visakhapatnam to the officers of Indian Forest Service from 17th to 19th September 2024  CEC:   11 October 2024

 A report of one day Training Program on Fodder Bank Management Silage making and Storage by ICFRE- HFRI Shimla.  HFRI:   11 October 2024

  A Report of one day capacity building programme on Promoting Soil Test Based Nutrient Management Practices by ICFRE- HFRI Shimla  HFRI:   11 October 2024

 Report on vigilance awareness week 2024 organised at RFRI, Jorhat  RFRI :   08 October 2024

  A report of MoEF&CC, New Delhi sponsored training programme organized by FTSL, S&FM Division, ICFRE-FRI on “Advance in seed and nursery Technology” from 24th to 26th Sept 2024  FRI:   04 October 2024

 Consolidated Report of the Intensified Activities under Swachhata Hi Sewa 2024 at ICFRE HQ, Dehradun organised from 17th September 2024 to 30th September 2024  ICFRE:   04 October 2024

 A three days capacity building training report on bamboo jewellery and utility handicrafts for livelihood development organized by ICFRE-Livelihood Extension Centre, Agartala at Rajibnagar, Sepahijala  LEC:   04 October 2024

 ICFRE-FRI, Dehradun organized an online seminar on 3rd October, 2024 as a part of celebration of Wildlife week-2024  FRI:   03 October 2024

 भारतीय वानिकी अनुसंधान एवं शिक्षा परिषद में 30 सितंबर 2024 को हिंदी पखवाड़ा समापन समारोह का आयोजन  -:   03 October 2024

 Proceeding of "HINDI VYAKHYANMALA" Organized at ICFRE- Eco Rehabilitation Centre Prayagraj  ERC:   01 October 2024

 Three Day Training Programme On Apiculture Under Van Vigyan Kendra at ICFRE-Bamboo and Rattan Centre, Bethlehem Vengthlang, Aizawl, Mizoram  LEC:   01 October 2024

 A report on Scientific advice on the approach taken in the management of rosewood in farmers and plantation by ICFRE- HFRI Shimla.  HFRI:   01 October 2024

 A Report on Four days training programme on ‘FOREST RULES, ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY’ for the 3rd batch of the Executives of South Eastern Coalfields Limited, Bilaspur w.e.f. 1st October 2024 to 4th October 2024 started today at ICFRE, Dehradun  ICFRE:   01 October 2024

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ICFRE Technologies

  Biopesticides

Tree PALH is a biopesticide product which has been developed as an alternative to chemical pesticides for the management of insect pests of forestry importance. Use of Hydnocarpic acid as biopesticide is first of its kind and combination with neem oil and essential oil of Lantana is a new approach.

  Tree Rich Biobooster- An alternate potting mixture for plant production.

“Tree Rich Biobooster” is a comprehensive potting mixture provides requisite nutrients and protects plants from pest and diseases. It is made from coconut fiber waste duly decomposed and enriched with all nutrients through various beneficial microbes.

  ArborEasyTM DNA Isolation Kit

ArborEasy® DNA isolation kit is a spin column based genomic DNA isolation kit. ArborEasy® is a registered trademark.  The isolation Kit provides an indigenous, nonbio-hazardous, low cost pin column based system for isolation of plant genomic DNA from wide range of tissue types, specifically tree tissues.  
 

  Commercialization of Clones of Casuarinas and Eucalyptus

Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), is working on genetic improvement of Eucalyptus, Casuarina, Acacias and fast growing native tree species.  This targeted research is carried out in close collaboration with the Paper industries and farmers to meet the raw material demand and increase the farm income. 

  Conservation and Species Restoration of Critically Endangered Medicinal Plant

Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhandari, commonly known as guggal, is a medicinally important desert species of the family burseraceae. It is a well known for its valuable active principle found in its oleo-gum-resin (guggulsterone E and Z), which are used in drugs preparation for lowering the cholesterol level in human body.

  TFRI Tricho cards

Fresh eggs of rice moth, Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton) (Lepidptera : Pyralidae) were pasted on paper cards and hanged in teak forests for 2-3 days during last week of June in Udaipur (compartment No. 298 RF), Kalpi Forest Range, Mandla Forest Division, MP. 

  Management of white grubs in teak nurseries

Teak (Tectona grandis) is one of the major forest timber tree species in central Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Orissa. In central India, the preferred planting material is root-shoot rather than teak seedlings grown in root trainers. 

  Production and distribution of biofertilizers of microbial origin

Bio-fertilizers or microbial inoculants are preparations containing live or latent cells of efficient strains of nitrogen fixing, mineral solubilizing, or cellulolytic microbes used for application to seed, soil or composting areas to augment the extent of availability of nutrients to plants. Biofertilizer has been extensively applied and accepted worldwide in agricultural crops, however, its application in forest tree species remains restricted. 

  Seed Technology of Juniperus polycarpos (Himalayan Pencil Cedar)

Juniperus polycarpos C. Koch is an important indigenous conifer of North-Western Himalayan Region, commonly known as “Himalayan Pencil Cedar”. The seeds of this species have dormancy which affects its germination. Technology for breaking seed dormancy has been developed at HFRI during last 5 years.

  Macro-proliferation technique for Kutki Multiplication

Picrorhiza kurrooa, Royle ex Benth. commonly known as Kutki is an important temperate medicinal plant found in western Himalayas, which has a great potential for commercial cultivation in higher temperate regions (above 2700 mts.).

  Macro-proliferation technique for Mushakbala Multiplication

Valeriana jatamansi, Jones commonly known as Mushakbala is an important temperate medicinal plant species found in western Himalayas and possesses great potential for commercial cultivation. The species can be easily grown by seeds but the vegetative propagation has scientific advantage over sexual propagation

  Integrated Pest Management of Deodar Defoliator (Ectropis deodarae Prout)

Deodar (Cedrus deodara), one of the most valuable and dominant conifer species of the North-western Himalaya at certain intervals gets affected by a defoliator, Ectropis deodarae Prout, (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). This key pest seriously affects the younger crops in deodar forests.

  Intercropping of temperate medicinal plants with horticultural plantation

The interspaces in the orchards of high hill temperate region can be better utilized and economic benefit from the orchards can be enhanced by intercropping selected commercially important medicinal plants.

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