PAPER III: KUF 353- FOREST PROTECTION-

Introduction, kinds of forest protection measures, Protection against injuries by man, deforestation, illicit felling, encroachment, mining, shifting cultivation and forest fire, Introduction of various plant pathogens- fungi, bacteria, viruses, mycoplasm etc. Symptomology and identification of
plant diseases, Classification of forest tree diseases and their control, Root, stem and leaf diseases of Cederus deodara, Pinus roxburghii, Acacia catechu, Dalbergia sissoo, Shorea robusta, Tectona grandis and Poplars, Protection against injuries by insects, major skeletonizer, defoliators, heart wood and root borers of Sal, Teak, Shisham, Poplar, Toon, Deodar and Pine, Methods of control against insect-pests and diseases; silvicultural, biological, chemical and mechanical.