Description
Dalbergia sissoo (Shisham) is a perennial tree species native to the Asian subcontinent. It is an economically significant tree for its value in forestry, agroforestry, and horticulture. The high-quality timber imparts this tree species a significant commercial value. Besides valuable timber, it also exhibits medicinal, industrial, and agroforestry allied attributes. This tree has been introducing to the geographical regions where it does not exist naturally, which indicates its significant properties, getting diverse communities' attention. This book provides information about this tree species based on the latest research trends and development on the subject. It addresses researchers, forestry specialists, natural resource managers, or all those interested in the rehabilitation, maintenance, and management of Dalbergia sissoo tree resources.
Key features
- Discusses botanical features, reproductive characters, taxonomy, geographical distribution, and ecological importance of Dalbergia sissoo.
- Highlights physiological and biochemical features of Dalbergia sissoo and vis-à-vis contribution to the sustainability of the ecosystem.
- Explains ethnobotany of Dalbergia sissoo, its ethnobotanical uses to cure various ailments, and contribution to the pharmaceutical industry.
- Provides a comprehensive account of insect pest threat and diseases as a leading cause of deteriorating growth, cultivation, productivity, and quality losses in Dalbergia sissoo.
- Describes conventional breeding methods and non-conventional strategies for genetic improvement, biodiversity, and conservation of D. sissoo
- Relays sustainability, socio-economic importance, agroforestry trends, current scenario, and future challenges of D. sisso
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface ............................................................................................................................................. vii
List of Contributors .......................................................................................................................... ix
About the Editors ............................................................................................................................. xi
SECTION I Biology of Dalbergia sissoo
Chapter 1 Reproductive Biology, Botany, and Taxonomical Description of
Dalbergia sissoo ........................................................................................................... 3
Siddra Ijaz, Imran Ul Haq, and Maria Babar
Chapter 2 Ecology of Dalbergia sissoo ...................................................................................... 13
Muhammad Abdullah and Muhammad Rafay
Chapter 3 Physiological and Biochemical Dynamics of Dalbergia sissoo ................................. 27
Siddra Ijaz, Rashda Naheed, Hafi za Arooj Razzaq, and Bukhtawer Nasir
Chapter 4 Ethnobotany and Bioprospecting of Dalbergia sissoo ............................................... 53
Rashda Naheed and Muhammad Kaleem Sarwar
SECTION II Biotic and Abiotic Challenges of
Dalbergia sissoo and Strategic Controls
Chapter 5 Diseases of Dalbergia sissoo : Etiology and Integrated Management of
Economically Important Diseases .............................................................................. 63
Imran Ul Haq, Siddra Ijaz, and Muhammad Zunair Latif
Chapter 6 Insect Pests of Dalbergia sissoo : Impact and Risk Mitigation ................................... 89
Muhammad Arshad, Asad Aslam, De- fu Chi, and Waseem Akbar
Chapter 7 Genetics and Breeding of Dalbergia sissoo ............................................................. 103
Mariam Hassan, Siddra Ijaz, Sehrish Sarwar, and Ali Hassan Khan
Chapter 8 Application of Biotechnology in Dalbergia sissoo .................................................. 115
Zaib- un- Nisa, Yu Yang, and Ali Inyat Mallano
Chapter 9 Environmental Infl uences and Productivity of Dalbergia sissoo ............................. 139
Imran Ul Haq, Siddra Ijaz, and Nabeeha Aslam Khan
SECTION III Socio- economic Signifi cance
Chapter 10 Dalbergia sissoo Management in Agroforestry ....................................................... 155
Qaiser Shakeel, Taimoor Shakeel, Muhammad Raheel, Rabia Tahir Bajwa,
and Huma Abbas
Chapter 11 Socio- economic Preview of Dalbergia sissoo in the Indian Subcontinent .............. 171
Imran Ul Haq, Muhammad Kaleem Sarwar, and Anjum Faraz
Index .............................................................................................................................................. 183
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