Dalbergia sissoo

Contents

Preface ............................................................................................................................................. vii

List of Contributors .......................................................................................................................... ix

About the Editors ............................................................................................................................. xi

SECTION I Biology of Dalbergia sissoo

Chapter 1 Reproductive Biology, Botany, and Taxonomical Description of

Dalbergia sissoo ........................................................................................................... 3

Siddra Ijaz, Imran Ul Haq, and Maria Babar

Chapter 2 Ecology of Dalbergia sissoo ...................................................................................... 13

Muhammad Abdullah and Muhammad Rafay

Chapter 3 Physiological and Biochemical Dynamics of Dalbergia sissoo ................................. 27

Siddra Ijaz, Rashda Naheed, Hafi za Arooj Razzaq, and Bukhtawer Nasir

Chapter 4 Ethnobotany and Bioprospecting of Dalbergia sissoo ............................................... 53

Rashda Naheed and Muhammad Kaleem Sarwar

SECTION II Biotic and Abiotic Challenges of

Dalbergia sissoo and Strategic Controls

Chapter 5 Diseases of Dalbergia sissoo : Etiology and Integrated Management of

Economically Important Diseases .............................................................................. 63

Imran Ul Haq, Siddra Ijaz, and Muhammad Zunair Latif

Chapter 6 Insect Pests of Dalbergia sissoo : Impact and Risk Mitigation ................................... 89

Muhammad Arshad, Asad Aslam, De- fu Chi, and Waseem Akbar

Chapter 7 Genetics and Breeding of Dalbergia sissoo ............................................................. 103

Mariam Hassan, Siddra Ijaz, Sehrish Sarwar, and Ali Hassan Khan

Chapter 8 Application of Biotechnology in Dalbergia sissoo .................................................. 115

Zaib- un- Nisa, Yu Yang, and Ali Inyat Mallano

Chapter 9 Environmental Infl uences and Productivity of Dalbergia sissoo ............................. 139

Imran Ul Haq, Siddra Ijaz, and Nabeeha Aslam Khan

SECTION III Socio- economic Signifi cance

Chapter 10 Dalbergia sissoo Management in Agroforestry ....................................................... 155

Qaiser Shakeel, Taimoor Shakeel, Muhammad Raheel, Rabia Tahir Bajwa,

and Huma Abbas

Chapter 11 Socio- economic Preview of Dalbergia sissoo in the Indian Subcontinent .............. 171

Imran Ul Haq, Muhammad Kaleem Sarwar, and Anjum Faraz

Index .............................................................................................................................................. 183