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In situ and Ex situ Conservation of Commercial Tropical Trees - ITTO

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176Reforestation Station, Somdet district, Kalasin province during 1976-1977 invarious planting systems such as pure st<strong>and</strong>, mixed st<strong>and</strong> with other tree species<strong>and</strong> mixed with cash crops (cassava) with 2mX8m spacing. The growth data<strong>of</strong> some D. alatus plantation is given in Table 3.Table 3. Growth <strong>of</strong> D. alatus plantation <strong>of</strong> FIO at SomdetReforestation Station, Somdet district, Kalasin provincePlantingyearAgeSpacing(mxm)Plantingarea(ha)Source: Forest <strong>In</strong>dustry Organization, 1999DBH(cm)Plantation <strong>of</strong> Plywood D. alatus by The Thai Plywood Company (Limited)The Thai Plywood Company (Limited) or TPC (Ltd.) is one <strong>of</strong> the semigovernmentalorganizations under Ministry <strong>of</strong> Agriculture <strong>and</strong> Cooperativeswhich utilizes a massive amount <strong>of</strong> D. alatus <strong>and</strong> some other dipterocarp timbersas raw materials for producing plywood <strong>and</strong> fiber board. <strong>In</strong> the past, thesetimbers were mainly from natural st<strong>and</strong>s. The TPC (Ltd.) later established theD. alatus plantation as reserved stocks for future supply. The plantationsestablished by the TPC (Ltd.) were not large in scale but were forexperimentation at Huay Rabum Plantation, Lansak district, Uthai Thani province<strong>and</strong> at Ladkrating Plantation, Sanamchaikhet district, Chachoengsao province.The investigation <strong>of</strong> growth at both sites was carried out in 1997 <strong>and</strong> 1998respectively <strong>and</strong> the results are shown in Table 4.Table 4. Growth <strong>of</strong> D. alatus in experimental plantation by ThaiPlywood Company (Limited)Total 9.40Source: Thai Plywood Company (Limited) 1999Remarks1977 14 2x8 144 82.84 Mixed planting with Pterocarpusmarcrocarpus, Eucalyptus camaldulensis1978 13 2x8 1.6 51.42 Pure st<strong>and</strong>1979 12 2x8 168 52.78 Mixed planting with Pterocarpusmarcrocarpus, Eucalyptus camaldulensisPlantationHuay Rabum,Uthai ThaniprovinceLadkrating,ChachoengsaoprovincePlanting yearAgeSpacing(mxm)Planting area(ha)Ht(m)DBH(cm)Remarks1980 17 2x4 0.32 11.61 13.57 Planted in partlythinned Meliaazedarachplantation1996 1 2x2 3.52 - - Pure st<strong>and</strong>197319923664x42x40.724.8418.725.2028.346.92Pure st<strong>and</strong>Planted in partlythinned Meliaazedarachplantation

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