The renewal of a forest crop by sowing, planting or other artificial methods. It also refers to the crop so obtained. It is also called plantation in another term, which is defined as ‘ a forest crop raised artificially, either by sowing or planting.’ A term wilding which is defined as ‘ a natural seedling used in forest planting.
Importance
- It is the supplement of natural regeneration
- It restocks forests destroyed by fire and other biotic factors
- It help in changing the composition of the forest crop, mostly valuable species are introduced
- It introduces exotic species
- It is important for lands which are at risk of erosion and landslides
- It helps improve the genotype or phenotypes of species
- It meets the needs of forest products of forest dependents
- It is mostly more resistant to insect-pests and diseases
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