FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES information - No. 15 CONTENTS

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1987

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CONTENTS

Note from the Editor

A guide to forest seed handling with special reference to the Tropics

Sixth Session of the FAO Panel of Experts on Forest Gene Resources

In situ Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources

In situ Conservation in Peru: A Case Study

Forest Genetic Resources Centre in Mexico

IUFRO Research Planning Workshop for Developing Countries

Announcements of availability of seeds

Databook on endangered tree and shrub species and provenances

Information to be provided (to the extent possible) when ordering seeds for experimental purposes

Report and recommendations of the 9th World Forestry Congress in Mexico 1985: Conservation of forest genetic resources

Availability of seed of Cordia alliodora (R & P) for progeny testing (D.H. Bashier and J.F. Mesén)

Seeds of species from dry tropical Africa

Woody plant seed collections in tropical, arid and semi-arid Australia and recommendations for international species trials (L.A.J. Thomson and E.G. Cole)

The Embryon: An ASEAN journal for scientific publication of research and developments in the field of forest tree seed

Tree seed handling: A manual for field staff in Nepal

Leucaena psyllids causing dieback in plantations of Leucaena spp.

Seed collection of river oak (Casuarina cunninghamiana Mia) in New South Wales, Australia (Availability of seed of Casuarina cunninghamiana from New South Wales and Queensland) (M.L. Merwin and S. Roffey)

Genetics and the forests of the future, UNASYLVA

Seed collections of Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. in Western Victoria May–June 1985 (L.A.J. Thomson and M.L. Merwin)

International provenance trial of Terminalia superba

Acacia albida (DEL). Characteristics and ecology of the species, exploration of genetic resources and collection of provenances for international trials (M. Corbasson, Y. Roederer, E. Forni)

Multipurpose Tree & Shrub Seed Directory

Forest tree seed bank in Nicaragua

Seeds available from the National Tree Seed Laboratory (NTSL), USA

A tree improvement programme for Southern hardwoods (R.C. Purnell and R.C. Kellison)

International provenance trials of Pinus patula. Some preliminary observations from Nepal

A brief account of Forest Tree Improvement in China

Recent literature of interest

Books, Handbooks

Conference and Workshop Proceedings

Information, Reports from Institutions, Associations, etc.

Selected articles from journals and periodicals

Technical Notes and other Publications from the DANIDA Forest Seed Centre

Proceedings of the IUFRO Research Planning Workshop for Asia, Kandy 1984

Proceedings of the IUFRO Research Planning Workshop for Africa, Nairobi 1986

Cover photo: Prosopis sp. in Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Photo by C. Palmberg.