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Abstract

ABSTRACT A study was laid out at Dagarkotli in February, 1982 to compare the survival, growth and biomass production of five multipurpose tree species under barani conditions planted in the roaded catchments with a trench. The experimental design was randomized complete block with six replications. The plot size was twenty seedlings. In January, 1994 the survival, height, diameter at breast height (dbh) and biomass data were collected. There was no significant difference among the tree in survival. Acacia albida showed significantly greater growth in height dbh and biomass followed by Prosopis cineraria; Acacia modest and Tecoma undulate. Acacia albida produced 75 kg/plant air dry biomass and out yielded all the other multipurpose tree species tested in the experiment. Zizyphus mauritiana had minimum height dbh and also produced lowest air dry biomass (2 kg/plant).