Monday 9 February 2015

FORESTRY – 2002 , PAPER – 1 SECTION B

SECTION B

5.       Answer any four of the following:

                      (a)     Discuss the evaluation of agro- forestry systems.
(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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