Micropropagation of Shorea robusta: an economically important woody plant by M. Singh, S. Sonkusale, Ch. Niratker, P. Shukla

“…Shorea robusta is a valuable tree species which provides good quality timber along with other useful materials like seeds which can be used as a source of starch. …”
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Phytochemical and Antimicrobial Screening of Bark Extract of Shorea robusta (Sal) by Bijay Kumar Shrestha, Bidhya Dhungana, Jenish Shakya, Romika Shrestha, Sujata Chauhan

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Form Factors of an Economically Valuable Sal Tree (<i>Shorea robusta</i>) of Nepal by Sony Baral, Mathias Neumann, Bijendra Basnyat, Kalyan Gauli, Sishir Gautam, Shes Kanta Bhandari, Harald Vacik

“…Therefore, this study elaborates the form factor for Sal (<i>Shorea robusta</i>), an economically valuable tree of Nepal based on a random selection of 100 individual trees representing a wide range of diameters between 10 and 100 cm. …”
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Timber Losses during Harvesting in Managed <i>Shorea robusta</i> Forests of Nepal by Upendra Aryal, Prem Raj Neupane, Bhawana Rijal, Michael Manthey

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Low-Intensity Wildfire Alters Selected Soil Properties in the Tropical Shorea robusta Forest by Badri Prasad Dhungana, Vivek Thapa Chhetri, Chitra Bahadur Baniya, Sundar Prasad Sharma

“…However, due to the absence of uniformity in comprehending how wildfires influence soil nutrients, this research endeavors to scrutinize the particular effect of wildfire on selected soil properties in the tropical Shorea robusta forest. We analyzed 42 soil samples obtained from the topsoil of 0–10 cm comprising 21 samples from the fire-affected area and 21 from the fire-unaffected area. …”
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Implications of irregular shelterwood system on regeneration and species diversity of Sal (Shorea robusta Gaertn. f.) forest in Nepal by Niraj Pokhrel, Sachin Timilsina, Nripesh Awasthi, Anita Adhikari, Bikash Adhikari, Santosh Ayer, Kishor Prasad Bhatta

“…Therefore, this study was conducted to assess the effects of canopy opening on natural regeneration and species diversity of Sal (Shorea robusta Gaertn. f.) forest in comparison to managed and control blocks in the southern plains of Nepal under irregular shelterwood systems. …”
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Larval feeding and gallery pattern of a single larva of Hoplocerambyx spinicornis, a major pest of Sal, Shorea robusta by S. Negi, V.D. Joshi

“… The   present study deals with   the  quantification of  larval  feeding and   gallery pattern  of  a  single  larva of Hoplocerambyx spinicornis, a severe pest of Sal,  Shorea robusta.  The  larva is  the  destructive  stage.  …”
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Effect of Shorea robusta resin extract in 3-nitropropionic acid-induced Huntington's disease symptoms in Sprague-Dawley rats by Chirag Patel, Khushboo Thakur, Lalita Shagond, Sanjeev Acharya, Ketan Ranch, Sai HS Boddu

Subjects: “…asiatic acid; brain tissue;huntington’s disease; neurodegenerative disease; 3-nitropropionic acid; shorea robusta.…”
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Do Managed Hill Sal (Shorea robusta) Community Forests of Nepal Sequester and Conserve More Carbon than Unmanaged Ones? by Subash Gautam, Sachin Timilsina, Manish Shrestha, Bina Adhikari, Binay Bahadur Adhikari Khatri, Jagadish Timsina

“…This study was performed to understand the effect of management practices on carbon stock of two community forests (CFs) -Taldanda (managed) and Dangdunge (unmanaged) -dominated by Sal (Shorea robusta) in the mid-hills of Nepal. Twenty-one concentric sample plots, each of 250 m2, were laid out in each forest to estimate different carbon pools and a stratified random sampling intensity of 0.5% used to collect data. …”
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Regeneration Status and Carbon Accumulation Potential in Community Managed Sal (Shorea robusta) Forests of Far-Western Terai Region, Nepal by Rajeev Joshi, Mandip Pangeni, Suman Shree Neupane, Nagendra Prasad Yadav

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Impact of Disturbances on Species Diversity and Regeneration of Nepalese Sal (<i>Shorea robusta</i>) Forests Managed under Different Management Regimes by Uttam Chapagain, Binod P. Chapagain, Sunil Nepal, Michael Manthey

“…Sal (<i>Shorea robusta</i>) forests, a dominant forest type in Nepal, experience different disturbance intensities depending on management regimes. …”
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Market attractiveness of pineapple and banana agroforestry systems of Madhupur Sal (Shorea robusta) forest: A sustainable way of generating income and conserving forests by Bapon Mankhin, Md Akhtaruzzaman Khan, Mst Esmat Ara Begum, Mohammad Ismail Hossain

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MAPPING AND MODELLING ABOVEGROUND WOODY BIOMASS AND CARBON STOCK IN SAL (<i>SHOREA ROBUSTA</i> GAERTN. F.) FORESTS OF DOON VALLEY USING GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES by S. Purohit, S. Purohit, S. P. Aggarwal, N. R. Patel

“…The present study was done for mapping aboveground woody biomass (Bole) (AGWB) of <i>Shorea robusta</i> (Gaertn.f.) forests in Doon valley by establishing relationships between field measured data, satellite data derived variables and geostatistical techniques. …”
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Erratum: Form Factors of an Economically Valuable Sal Tree (<i>Shorea robusta</i>) of Nepal. <i>Forests</i> 2020, <i>11</i>, 754 by Sony Baral, Mathias Neumann, Bijendra Basnyat, Kalyan Gauli, Sishir Gautam, Shes Kanta Bhandari, Harald Vacik

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Effects of Cocoa Butter and Cocoa Butter Equivalent in a Chocolate Confectionery on Human Blood Triglycerides, Glucose and Insulin by Rina Yu Chin Quek, Elaine Wan Yi Peh, Christiani Jeyakumar Henry

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Comparison of Light Intensity under the Canopy between Sal (<i>Shorea robusta</i>) and Akashmoni (<i>Acacia auriculiformis</i>) in Agroforestry Stands: Effect of Tree Size and Distance from Individual Trees by Md. Al Forhad Islam, Md. Najmus Sayadat Pitol, Md. Nabiul Islam Khan

“…The present study aims to quantify the light interception in two different agroforestry types, where one was composed of Shorea robusta (Sal) with Ananas comosus and another was Acacia auriculiformis (Akashmoni) with Ananas comosus. …”
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Biodiversity of Astraeus asiaticus , a wild indigenous edible mushroom, in the forests of Bankura district, West Bengal and its antioxidant property by Koushik Pandey, Swapan Kumar Ghosh

“…The diversity indices of Shorea robusta in the Beliatore, Joypur, and Gangajal-ghati forests were 2.303, 2.178, and 2.36, respectively. …”
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Contribution of Community-Managed Sal-Based Forest in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: A Case from Nepal by Sushila Rijal, Sutinee Sinutok, Kuaanan Techato, Popular Gentle, Uttam Khanal, Saroj Gyawali

“…This study aimed to examine the carbon sequestration potential of community-managed <i>Shorea robusta</i> (Sal) forest and assess the practices that have the potential to reduce adverse climate change impacts, thereby improving the livelihoods of forest-based communities. …”
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Characterization of Forest Ecosystems in the Chure (Siwalik Hills) Landscape of Nepal Himalaya and Their Conservation Need by Yadav Uprety, Achyut Tiwari, Sangram Karki, Anil Chaudhary, Ram Kailash Prasad Yadav, Sushma Giri, Srijana Shrestha, Kiran Paudyal, Maheshwar Dhakal

“…The newly reported forest ecosystems are <i>Hymenodictyon excelsum</i> Forest, <i>Syzygium cumini</i> Forest, <i>Terminalia anogeissiana</i> Forest, <i>Schima wallichii–Shorea robusta</i> Forest, <i>Pinus roxburghii</i>–<i>Shorea robusta</i> Forest, <i>Pinus roxburghii</i> Forest, and Bamboo thickets. …”
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Phytodiversity of Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary by Ramesh Pandey, T. P. Mall, Rahul K. Singh

“…The  main  tree species are  Sal  (Shorea  robusta),   Asna   (Terminalia alata), Sheesham  (Dalbergia sissoo),  Be!  …”
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