Defoliation in Teak by Lepidopterous Defoliators in a Mixed Dry Deciduous Forest of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh

Abstract

Very little is known about Ihe growth behaviour of Anogelssus penduta in Rajasthan. Tentative rotation age has been fixed for its working so for. So attempts have been made for the first time to derive Its rotation age for maximum volume production in different representative localities of the State and to compile its authentic growth statstic not only upto the age of rotation period but also beyond it upto the age of 70 years. All the volume figure, given in the article. Pertains to total stem volume only.