Willow (Salix fragilis Linn.): A multipurpose tree species under pest attack in the cold desert of Lahaul Valley, Northwestern Himalaya, India

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Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-48

  Rawat, Yashwant S ^a   Oinam, Santaram S ^a   Vishvakarma, Subhash C R ^a   Kuniyal, Chandra P ^b   Kuniyal, Jagdish C ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^b Herbal Research and Development Institute (HRDI)   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; DESERT; PEST CONTROL; PEST DAMAGE; SILVICULTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMACHAL PRADESH; INDIA; LAHAUL VALLEY; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; SALIX; SALIX FRAGILIS;

EID: 33645220781     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-35.1.43     Document Type: Article

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19. The authors are thankful to the Director, G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, for providing necessary facilities. The authors arc grateful to two anonymous referees for their valuable comments and suggestions, which helped a lot in improving the quality of this research paper. The financial support for the present work was provided by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, New Delhi.
20. First submitted 15 March 2004. Accepted for publication 21 March 2005.