Completed Projects (2016-2017)

• To develop nursery technique for important R.E.T. species.
• To find out suitable time and method of collection of seed/planting material for preparation of plants of R.E.T. species.
• To develop models for plantation of RET species in natural condition.
• To create awareness among the field staff by disseminating the developed technology.                                

• Collection of secondary information from various information centers
• To make an inventory of gums and resins yielding plants of Madhya Pradesh
• To prepare a data base of ethno-botanical    information of gums and resins yielding plants of Madhya Pradesh.

• To carryout ethnobotanical survey of local tribe, villagers, communities in Neemach and Ratlam districts of Malwa Eco Region. 
• To enlist and identify plants species of different habitats, families, groups having traditional knowledge with reference to medicine, food and multipurpose plant categories.
• Survey of existing local primary weekly markets to catalogue plants, plants parts and their products available during different season.

To Up-grade and renovate the existing museum of SFRI.

Development of cultivation techniques of Van jeera (Centrantherum anthelminiticum (L) Kantze).

• To assess the impact on flora, fauna and wildlife habitat due to proposed Jagannathpur OCM.
• To assess the impact on sustained wildlife, corridor values and life requisite parameters within 10 km radius of the project sites.
• To suggest mitigative measures for conservation/protection of flora, fauna and wildlife and its habitats

• Survey of infected areas of forests to identify the intensity of diseases in relation to seasonal variations.
• Collection, isolation and identification of pathogens found on the affected trees and seedlings.
• To standardize integrated management practices to control diseases occurring in Dhawada, Bija  and  Achar.
• Preparation of   working manual to field officers for remedial measures. 

• To study the   intensity of diseases in relation to seasonal variation.
• To study  the impact of microbial flora, edaphic factors, girth at breast height and  coppicing  on sal mortality in natural forests
• To develop suitable methods for management of diseases and prepare working manual. 

• To identify the potential pockets of Boswellia serrata from different agroclimatic zones of Madhya Pradesh.
• To study genetic variations of Boswellia serrata within and between different populations and at individual level. 
• To identify genetically diversified population and elite genotypes for further studies.
• To standardize the micro clonal propagation protocols for the production of quality planting material from elite genotypes. 

• To identify potentially rich areas of A. pendula and identification of  candidate plus trees from different forest areas of M.P.
• To standardize clonal propagation protocol through macro and micropropagation technique from known phenotypic resource. 
• To standardize hardening procedure for higher survival and establishment rate.
• To prepare field manual of macropropagation techniques to raise the plants by forest department.

• To standardize seed and nursery techniques of targeted species to raise quality seedlings.
• To prepare field manual to raising the plants of targeted species.
• Production of thousand plants of each species to rectify the protocol for seed and nursery techniques

• Seed stand 
• Establishment and maintenance of Seed Production Area (SPA).
• Knowledge of seed maturity 
• Seed collection 
• Seed extraction and cleaning 

• To assess the socio-economic impacts of the plantations on the local population
• To formulate mitigation measures for the identified adverse impacts (if any).
• To prepare Social Management Plan (SMP) incorporating mitigation measures including CSR

• Collect and analyze market information.
• To assess market demand for medicinal plants.
• Market promotion.
• Market research and intelligence.

• To standardize primary processing and drying techniques of NWFPs including medicinal plants of commercial importance.
• To find optimal drying conditions

• To estimate the litter biomass in different forest types of protected areas.
• To estimate the herbaceous biomass in different forest types of protected areas.
• Soil analysis study in different forest areas.

• To collect data on height and girth of forest trees in different forest types of protected areas.
• To identify superior germplasm of Gmelina arborea from natural forests and plantations of M.P. and C.G.
• To prepared second generation of clonal plants of superior races.
• To establish clonal plants in the field.

• To procure germplasm of important rare and endangered  tree species, namely Kardhai, Tinsa, Garari, Kullu, Dahiman, Kuchla, Ritha, Mundi, Haldu and Rakt Chandan.
• To know the impact of growth hormone on seed dormancy

• Assessment of wild animal presence in Dumna Airport
• To suggest the mitigation measures.

• ·To prepare benchmark data- base of tiger co-predators and prey.
• ·To suggest management interventions for protecting tigers, co-predators and prey.

To study the current status of available prey base in Kuno-Palpur Sanctuary for Lion introduction.

• Non-invasive genetic analysis to establish tiger presence, tiger numbers, sex ratio and distribution. 
• Assessment of the importance of corridor in maintaining genetic exchange between Kanha and Pench source population.
• To study on functionality of corridor for genetic exchange.

• To determine the carrying capacity for grazing in different forest type and canopy densities.
• To prepare an inventory of palatable and non-palatable grass species occurring in the different strata of forest area.
• To study the effect of grazing and browsing on regeneration.