ICFRE Training Calendar for the FY 2024-25  updated: 01 May 2024

 Short Term Training Course Calendar-2024 of ICFRE-FRI, Dehradun  updated: 01 April 2024

 Report on Role of Agroforestry in Trans- Himalayan Cold Deserts for Augmenting Additional Income of Local Communities by ICFRE- HFRI Shimla  HFRI:   26 July 2024

 ICFRE-Forest Research Institute, Dehradun organized Van Mahotsav 2024 on 24th of July 2024  FRI:   25 July 2024

 ICFRE-Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat (Assam) organized a day-long Training on Nursery Management Practices and Forest Seed Technology for Frontline Staff of Jorhat Forest Department of Assam under AICRP-10 on 12th July, 2024  RFRI:   25 July 2024

 Report on Vanmahotsav Pakhwada (1-15 July, 2024) Celebrated at ICFRE-AFRI, Jodhpur  AFRI:   19 July 2024

 Educational visit of Trainee Forest Range Officers of Telangana Forest Academy, Hyderabad at TFRI , Jabalpur  TFRI:   19 July 2024

 Organization of Tree Planting Festival - 2024-A tree in the name of mother by TFRI , Jabalpur  TFRI:   19 July 2024

 Report on Educational Visit of Students of D.A.V. Anand Swamy Public School, Hehal, Ranchi to ICFRE-Institute of Forest Productivity, Ranchi  IFP:   18 July 2024

 राजभाषा प्रकोष्ठ, मीडिया एवं विस्तार प्रभाग द्वार दिनांक 8 से 12 जुलाई तक "कंठस्थ अनुवाद टूल" विषय पर राजभाषा हिन्दी प्रशिक्षण कार्यशाला की रिपोर्ट   -:   16 July 2024

  Report on One Day Training On ‘Plantation Management And Treegenie’ To the Field Supervisors of Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Limited, Karur  IFGTB:   16 July 2024

 "Van Mahotsav"organized by ICFRE- Eco Rehabilitation Centre,Prayagraj  ERC:   16 July 2024

 ICFRE LEC Agartala conducted one day long training on bamboo propagation and nursery management with the financial support of Seven Sisters Development Assistance (SeSTA) on 15.07.2024 at ICFRE LEC campus  LEC:   16 July 2024

 ICFRE-Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat (Assam) organized a Campaign, Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam on 5th July, 2024  RFRI:   16 July 2024

 ICFRE-Livelihood Extension Centre, Agartala (Tripura) conducted one day-long training programme on bamboo propagation and nursery management on 15.05.2024 at ICFRE LEC Agartala campus under VVK CAMPA Extension  LEC:   16 July 2024

 Report on Visit of Trainee Forest Beat Officers from TGFA to ICFRE-IFB, Hyderabad on 27-06-2024  IFB:   15 July 2024

 Report One day exposure visit to the B. Sc (Forestry) students from Forest College & Research Institute (TNAU), Mettupalayam  IFGTB:   12 July 2024

  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.