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Country

Zone

System

Promising speciesForestry plants

Fruit plants

Crops/grasses/shrubs

Pakistan

Arid

Silvi-pasture

b,c

Khejri

, Toothbrush tree (

Salvadora

oleoides

Decne.)

, Tamarisk (

Tamarix

aphylla

L.

Karsten.), Desert teak

Babul, gum Arabic tree

, Baonli

(Acacia

jacquemontii

). Mulga

(Acacia aneura

F.

Muell. ex. Benth.)

,

Acacia victoriae

Benth. sens lat. and

Meswak (

Salvadora persica

L.)

• 
  

Shrubs: Phog, Giant milkweed (Calotropis procera

Ait. Ait. f.)

,^

Khereit (

Salsola foetida

Del.ex

Spreng.) and

Haloxylon

spp.

Grasses: Lemongrass (Cymbopogon

spp.) and Sabth

grass (

Pennisetum divisum

)

Arid to semiarid

Silvi-pasture

b,c

Babul, Khejri, Toothbrush tree

,^

Tamarisk, Indian plum

, Jujube,

Indian Mulberry (

Morus alba

L.)

,^

Siris, Phulai (

Acacia modesta

),

Acacia victoriae

Benth. sens lat.,

Mulga, Desert teak and Baonli

Shrubs: Phog, Salt cedar, Giant milkweed and JujubeGrasses: Wiregrass (

Eleusine

compressa

), Sewan grass

,^

Sugarcane and Blue Panic grass

Rainfed farm boundary

d

Populus euramericana

and River Red

Gum (

Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Dehnh.)

Agri-silviculture

e

Populus euramericana

, Cottonwood,

Varnish tree (

Ailanthus altisima

Mill.

Swingle) and River red gum

Crops: Wheat, Maize, Sugarcane and different vegetables

Agrosilvopastoral system

f

Phulai, Mulberry (

Morus nigra

L.)

and Sissoo

Jujube

Shrubs: Egyptian pea, Subabul and Acacia

spp.

Grasses: Native species

Table 5

(continued)

C. Srinivasa Rao et al.