SECTION B
5.
Answer any four of the following:
(b)
Define watershed management and its objectives.
(c)
What is progeny testing? Why is it important in
tree breeding?
(d)
What do you understand by ‘carbon sequestration’
and how can it be effectively managed?
(e)
What is the Joint Forest Management (J. F. M.)?
What in your opinion are the bottlenecks in its effective implementation?
6.
(a) Describe the development of degraded lands
through silvi-pastoral system in India.
(b) What should be the basis
for the choice of species in agro-forestry systems?
7.
Write short notes on:
(a) Shelter –belts
(b)
VAM
(c)
Ozone depletion
(d) Plugging of gully through tree planting
8. (A)
what are the different selection methods in tree improvement?
(b)
Describe the selection and breeding for disease resistance in trees.
(c)
Enumerate various steps in the creation of ‘clonal’ and orchards.
(d) Distinguish between incomplete and complete
pedigree mating designs. Why is factorial mating design preferred in tree
breeding?
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