PAPER IV: KUF 114- PRINCIPLES OF SILVICULTURE-

Introduction of forest, forestry, silviculture and silvics, Importance, scope of silviculture and its classification Relation of silviculture with forestry and its branches, Form and growth of treesTree morphology: root system, form of root, adaptability and mycorrhizae, crown, branches and foliage, stem- buttressing and fluting, Tree growth: stages of growth, phenology, germination and establishment, seasonal progress of growth, height and diameter growth and reproduction, Forest regeneration: Natural regeneration, methods of natural regeneration, artificial regeneration, methods of artificial regeneration, Tending operations: weeding, cleaning and thinning.