Dehradun, Sept. 13 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 11 Sep: The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun, and its nine constituent institutes are actively engaged in tree improvement programmes aimed at enhancing the yield, quality, resistance, adaptability and productivity of important forestry tree species to meet the growing demand for quality planting material for domestic consumption and industrial requirements.

As part of its continued efforts towards the development and deployment of genetically improved planting material, five ICFRE institutes, namely, ICFRE-Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), Coimbatore; ICFRE-Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI), Jabalpur; ICFRE-Institute of ...