Sir,?I read with interest Dr. Measham's article on ' Vitex peduncularis in the Treatment of Blackwater Fever' appearing in the January 1940 issue of the Indian Medical Gazette. Indeed, there exists a common belief amongst the tea planters that Vitex "peduncularis is a cure for blackwater fever, and it is for this reason that the plant is being cultivated in numerous tea estates and forest nurse...

Insect pest problems in forest nurseries of selected indigenous tree species viz., Calophyllum and Pterocarpus marsupium was studied at Peechi in Kerala State. The most serious pest incidence was noticed on G. arborea (by the caterpillars of Epiplema fulvilinea); A. odoratissima (by the Psyllid Psylla oblonga) and Pterocarpus marsupium [by the psyllids Spanioneura (quadrimaculata group) and Ary...

Phytophthora ramorum is a recently established invasive pathogen in some mixed-hardwood forests of central coastal California (10,11) and extreme southwestern Oregon (5). It also is known from horticultural nurseries and landscape plantings in Europe (12) and recently was reported from a few nurseries in California and Oregon (6,9). Symptoms are dramatically different on different host species....

The objective of the present investigation was to evaluate morphological indicators in nursery five forest species(Pinus radiata, Alnus acuminata, Escallonia resinosa, Buddleja coriaceaand Polylepis incana), E.E.A. “Santa Ana”. seedlings were produced for seven months a following protocols established Ana”, variables and quality indices analyzed using single-factor design. results presented sig...