Farmers have nurtured trees on their farms, pasture land and around homes for millennia to satisfy their livelihood needs.
These trees were later on defined as multipurpose trees which provide fodder, firewood and also replenish nutrients in soil.
Many strides have been made to define characterize, evaluate multipurpose tree species for various agroforestry system under different agro-ecological zones of the world.
Since the initiation of agroforestry research in India efforts are going on for identifying promising multipurpose trees and shrubs through diagnosis and design exercise and evaluating them for their suitability pertaining to growth, development, biomass production and natural resource conservation.
Now voluminous data is available about multipurpose tree species for all the twenty one agro-ecological zones of the Indian Union.
In view of continuous reduction in forest cover, demographic pressure for livelihood needs and importance of trees, National Research Centre for Agroforestry, Jhansi organized a National Symposium on �Multipurpose Tree Species for Agroforestry System� during 11-13 June, 1998 to collect information on MPTS in relation to agroforestry systems and to provide a platform to discuss various aspects of MPTS and exchange of scientific knowledge among scientific community, foresters, planner and NGOs.
This volume brings together a vast and useful collection of papers by experts in agroforestry Emphasis has been given to many problems and challenges facing their sustainable development such as evaluation, management and ecology.
Overall the papers reflects both progress and degree of comprehension achieved in understanding, management, utilization and conservation of MPTS.

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1. Inaugural Address
2. Important Agroforestry Systems in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of India
3. Multiple-Use Trees: Some Socio-Economic Implications for Agroforestry Programme
4. Strategy for Promotion of Agroforestry in Dry Regions
5. Grow Neem Under Agroforestry Systems to Bring Prosperity to Famers
6. MPTS Inventory and Use of Agroforestry: Current Scenario and Tasks Ahead
7. MPTS Inventory and Identification for Sustaining Agricultural Production in Eco-Friendly System
8. Tree Breeding Status of Agroforestry Species in India
9. Growth Performance of Different Provenances of Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) in Semi-Arid Region of Central India
10. Genotypic Variation of Physiological Characteristics of Leucaena leucocephala
11. Provenance Studies in Indian Blackberry
12. Establishment and Growth of Tissue Culture Raised Clones of Plus Trees of Eucalyptus tereticornis Under Semi-Arid Conditions
13. Preliminary Evaluation of Growth Performance of Different Plus Tree Progenies of Dalbergia sissoo
14. Multivariate Analysis in Clonal Progenies of Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.)
15. Multipurpose Browse Shrubs of India: Diversity in Tropical and Temperate Species
16. Status of Genetic Diversity and Biotechnological Research in Arid Zone Trees
17. Selection of Neem Ecotypes with High Azadirachtin and its Multiplication through Micropropagation
18. Vegetative Propagation of Albizia amara
19. Paulownia - A Potential MPTS in India
20. Non Timber Produce of Anjan (Hardwickia binata)
21. Management of MPTS in Agroforestry Systems for Problematic Soils of North-Western Hilly Region
22. Exploitation of Problematic Soils through MPTS Under Agroforestry Systems
23. Characterisation and Management of Limestone Minespoils of Outer Himalaya through MPTS and Other Plant Species
24. Management of MPTS for Salt Affected Soils in Agroforestry System
25. Role of MPTS in Management of Wastelands with Special Reference to Sodic Soils
26. Performance of MPTS in Problematic Soils of Central Plain Zone of Uttar Pradesh
27. Sustenance of Soil Fertility through Adoption of MPTS
28. Soil Improvement through Hardwickia binata Based Agroforestry System
29. Agroforestry Systems in Agricultural Dominated Ravenous Watershed
30. Control of Storage Fungi Associated with Seed of Some Important MPTS
31. Loss Assessment in Albizia Species Dueto Pod Boring Insects
32. Association of Pathogenic Diseases with Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. in North Bihar
33. Evaluation of Sustainable Productivity in MPTS Based Farming System Under Rainfed Condition
34. Kadam-Its Prospects as Multipurpose Tree Under Agroforestry Systems
35. Performance of Multipurpose Tree Species Under Various Agroforestry Systems Under Semiarid Conditions
36. Influence of Faidherbia albida on Growth and Yield of Short Duration Pulses
37. Management of Fruit Trees Suitable for Agroforestry System in Arid Region
38. Early Growth Pattern of Some MPTS in Association with Pasture Species
39. Effect of Chirpin Eon Above Ground Biomass of Herbage Layer and Carrying Capacity of the Natural Silvipastoral System in North-West Himalaya
40. Micro-Climate Variation in Dalbergia sissoo Based Agroforestry System
41. Ber in Agroforestry System
42. Performance of MPTS and their Effect on Forage Production Under Rangelands
43. Ber Based Agroforestry System in Marginal Lands Under Rainfed Conditions
44. Agri-Horticultural System: A Sustainable Way of Meeting Diverse Needs of Farming Community
45. Allelopathic Effect of Leucaena leucocephala on Germinability and Seedling Growth of Wheat
46. Performance of Black Gram Under Neem Based Agroforestry System in Semiarid Region
47. Evaluation of Anogeissus pendula Genotypes Under Agrisilvicultural System in Rainfed Conditions
48. Ecological Studies on Multipurpose Woody Species of Iseilema Grasslands
49. Intercropping with MPTS Based Industrial Plantation and its Beneficial Effects
50. Income Generation from Tree and Crop Based Systems: A Farmer's Experience
51. Farmer's Preference for MPTS in Agroforestry
52. Recommendations of the Symposium

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