Trees II

'frees contribute a major part of fuel, fodder and fruit, and are an im­ of bioenergy. They are now needed in large numbers more portant source than ever before for afforestation and social forestry, so that fast-grow­ ing and multipurpose trees assume great importance. After extensive in­ discriminate deforestation and rapid depletion of genetic sks, efforts are now being made to evolve methods for clonal mass propagation of improved and elite trees. Production of short-duration trees with...