Reproductive biology of three fuel wood tree species i.e. Prosopis, Acacia,and Albizia for substandard sites and two non-conventional wild species i.e. Canavalia virosa, C.gladiata and one medicinal plant species i.e. Rauvolfia serpentina have been worked out. Results thus obtained can be profitably utilized in obtaining increased amount of seed production and can help in the conservation and breeding programmes.
 

Morphotaxonomical studies of seeds of about 150 species of eighteen genera namely Acacia, Prosopis, Cassia, Dalbergia, Albizzia, Leucaena clitoria, Atylosia, Rhynchosia, Flemingia, Phaseolus, Dolichos, Medicago, Bauhinia, Lupinus, Verbascum Canavalia, Euphorbia and Rauvolfia, and microanatomical variability of 14 Cassia and 12 Acacia species have been carried out. The results may be used as an additional parameter for the identification and classification of taxa at species / generic level.
 

About 40 legume and 10 non-legume taxa have been studied for their germination, storage, dormancy and viability. The study will help in germplasm collection of high yielding species.