Abstract
anagement arid Wild Life MK fertilizers were applied to Darbzrgir essoa stumps alone and in various combinations k. e. TI (Control) T2 (N)-. T3 (NP), T4 (NEW, T5 MI T6 (PK). NPK were applied at the rate of 62 kg ha each. Maximum height, girth and dry weight were observed with the application or NM (T4). uaweyer, no effect of fertilizers was seen on leaves and brandaes,
INTRODUCTION
Forest area in Pakistan is 4.2% of which oriTy 2,2% is the productive for e$t (Ctureshi and Khan, (1979), Due to this sittution there is great shortage of different forest products. Soils of Pakistan are generally deicierit in nitrogen. Upti11 now fertili. zer research in the country has primarily been focused on field crops. Some work on orchards has also bnn reported, but the! forest trees have been ignored so for.
Shisbum heeing a legu.rniaous tree plays an important role in the mainitt-narice of soil fertility in terms of nitrogen (Sheikh and Mem 1978). it is easy to grow, is comparatively fast growing and the maintenance cost is also low, By grOWing shishim trees we can overcome the problems of shortage of wood, and deficiency of nitrogen in the forest soils (Sheikh and Altern, 1978). The present study was conducted to find out the effect of NPK on the growth of Dalbergia 3F,F S-00 stumps to improve Its growth and yield..
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Effect of NM fertilizer on the growth of 11,ilibergia simoo stumps was studied at the experimental area Department of Forestry, Range Management and Wildlife, University of Agriculture, Faisalatod during summer 1985. The experiment was 5.tarted on 28 July 1985 by planting one year old sbisharn stumps
