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Status of Somatic Embryogenesis in Indian Forest Trees

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Book cover Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants

Part of the book series: Forestry Sciences ((FOSC,volume 67))

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India’s forest area is about 64.20 M ha which constitutes approximately 19.52 percent of the total geographic area of the country and has a great diversity of natural ecosystems. The forest range covers from evergreen tropical rainforests in southern part extending to western hills, Aravali/Satpura range and the north eastern states to alpine scrub in Himalayas. The forest is divided into: a) reserve forests (54%), primarily for conservation, b) protected forests (30%) for villagers to exercise certain rights; and c) unclassified forests (16%) to which people have free access. Ninety percent of the forest areas are under the State control (ITTO, Newsletter 1998). Population growth, urbanization and agricultural development has put an unprecedented pressure on India’s forest cover in the past half century. Forests have also suffered severe degradation due to the enormous demand for fuel wood, excessive grazing by cattle and ever increasing demands from industries for paper, timber, medicines and other products (Khoshoo 1989).

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Rao, P.S., Suprassana, P., Ganapathi, T.R., Bapat, V.A. (2000). Status of Somatic Embryogenesis in Indian Forest Trees. In: Jain, S.M., Gupta, P.K., Newton, R.J. (eds) Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants. Forestry Sciences, vol 67. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3030-3_6

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