Publications and references

Selected publications of this Working Party are listed below. It is acknowledged that the lists are not comprehensive, and readers are invited to send additional papers to the Deputy Coordinator for inclusion. All publications are available from the Deputy Coordinator, on request.

• Bhat K.M, Balasundaran M., Bhat K.V., Muralidharan, E.M. and Thulasidas P.K. (eds). 2008. Processing and Marketing of Teak Wood Products of Planted Forests.  Proc. of the Regional Workshop, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, India. 25-28 September 2007. 336p.
  
  
• Bhat K.M. & Indira EP. 1997. Specific gravity as selection criterion of genetic improvement of wood quality in teak: tree Breeder’s Perspective. In: S.Y. Zhang, R.Grosselin & G. Chauret (eds) Timber management toward wood quality and end-product value. Proc. CTIA-IUFRO International Wood Quality Workshop, Quebec, Canada, Aug. 1997, pp 91-96.
  
  
• Bhat K.M.; Priya P.B. and Ancy Mathew 2000. Wood biomechanics of fast grown juvenile teak (Tectona grandis L.f.). In: H.C. Spatz and Thomas Speck (eds.), Plant Biomechanics 2000. Thieme Verlag, Sttutgart pp 397-402.
  
  
• Bhat K.M. 1998. Properties of fast grown teak: Impact on end-user’s requirements. J. Tropical Forest Products 4(1):1-10.
  
  
• Bhat K.M. and E.J. Maria Florence. 2003. Natural decay resistance of juvenile teak wood grown in high input plantation. Holzforschung 57(5):453-455.
  
  
• Bhat K.M. and Hwan Ok Ma. 2004. Teak growers unite. Tropical Forest Update -ITTO Newsletter 14 (1): 3-5.Yokohama, Japan.
  
  
• Bhat K.M. and Priya P.B. 2004. Influence of provenance variation on wood properties of teak from the Western Ghat region in India. IAWA Journal 25(3):273-282.
  
  
• Bhat K.M., Priya P.B. and Rugmini, P. 2001. Characterisation of juvenile wood in teak. Wood Science and Technology 34: 517-532.
  
  
• Bhat K.M., Thulasidas P.K., Maria Florence E.J. and Jayaraman K. 2005.  Wood durability of home garden teak against brown rot and white rot fungi. Tress-Structure and Function 19(6):654-660. (doi 10.1007/s00107-006-0127-7)
  
  
• Bhat K.M., Thulasidas P.K., Maria Florence E.J. 2005. Timber quality of teak grown outside forests. International Forestry Review 7(5):121 (Summary)
  
  
• Bhat K.M., Thulasidas P.K. and Hussain K.H. 2008. A Handbook of Lesser-Known Timbers. KFRI Research Report 304. Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, 180p.
  
  
• Bhat K.M. 2000. Timber quality of teak from managed plantations of the tropics with special reference to Indian plantations. Bois et Foréts des Tropiques 263 (1): 6-16.
  
  
• Bhat K.M. 2005. Wood and non-wood product chains of planted forests and the regional development in the tropics. International Forestry Review 7(5):105.
  
  
• Bhat, K.M., Jisha Chand A.R., Arun Vijayan., Thulasidas, P.K., Sojan Jose and Indira E.P. 2008.  Wood property survey of Indian Teak provenances. In: K. M. Bhat, M. Balasundaran, K. V. Bhat, E. M. Muralidharan and P. K. Thulasidas (eds.). Processing and Marketing of Teak Wood Products of Planted Forests. Proc. of the Regional Workshop, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, India. 25-28 September 2007. pp. 117-125.
  
  
• Bhat, K.M., Thulasidas P.K. and Maria Florence E.J.M. 2004. Timber quality of teak from home garden forestry. KFRI Research Report No. 262. 20p.
  
  
• Bhat, K.M. and Thulasidas, P.K. 2008.  Types of available Teak wood and price range in Indian timber market. Teaknet Bulletin 1(1): p.3.
  
  
• Indira E.P. and Bhat K.M. 1998. Effects of site and place of origin on wood density of teak (Tectona grandis) clones. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 10(4):537-541.
  
  
• Priya P.B. and Bhat K.M. 1999. Influence of rain fall, irrigation and age on growth periodicity and wood structure in teak. IAWA Journal 20(2):181-192.
  
  
• Priya P.B. and Bhat K.M. 1998. False ring formation in teak wood and the influence of environmental factors. Forest Ecology & Management 108: 215-222.
  
  
• Thulasidas P.K. and Bhat K.M. 2005. Chemical compounds of extractive content determining brown-rot decay resistance of teak. In: Proc. of the 6th Pacific Regional Wood Anatomy Conference, Kyoto, Japan. pp 113-114 (Summary).
  
  
• Thulasidas P.K. and Bhat K.M. 2005. Timber value of teak from homesteads: some observations from Kerala State, India. In: Bhat KM, Nair KKN, Bhat KV, Muralidharan EM, Sharma JK (eds), Proc. of the International Conference on “Quality Timber Products of Teak from Sustainable Forest Management”. Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, India and ITTO, Japan, 2-5 December 2003, pp. 285-288.
  
  
• Thulasidas P.K, Bhat K.M and Okuyama T. 2006. Heartwood colour variation in home-garden teak (Tectona grandis) from wet and dry localities of Kerala, India. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 18(1): 557-565.
  
  
• Thulasidas P.K. and Bhat K.M. 2004. Heartwood percentage, colour, extractive content and basic density of home-garden teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) from wet and dry localities of Kerala, India (Abstact). In: Proc. of the International Symposium on Wood Science, 24-29 October 2004, Montpellier, France. P. 12.
  
  
• Thulasidas P.K., Bhat K.M. 2007. Chemical extractive compounds determining the brown- rot decay resistance of teak wood.  Holz Roh werkst 65 (2)121-124 (doi 10.1007/s00107-006-0127-7)
  
  
• Thulasidas, P.K. and Bhat, K.M. 2008.  Wood quality of planted Teak outside forests. In: K. M. Bhat, M. Balasundaran, K. V. Bhat, E. M. Muralidharan and P. K. Thulasidas (eds). Processing and Marketing of Teak Wood Products of Planted Forests.  Proc. of the Regional Workshop, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, India. 25-28 September 2007. pp. 256-263.
  
  
• Thulasidas, P.K., Bhat, K.M. 2009. Log characteristics and sawn timber recovery of home-garden teak from wet and dry localities of Kerala, India. Small-Scale Forestry 8: 15-24 (doi 10.1007/s11842-008-9064-0)
  
  
• Thulasidas, PK., Bhat, KM. 2009. Wood Quality of Teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) from Short Rotation Plantations and Home-garden Forestry Practices in India. Proc. of the Regional Workshop on Development of Plantation Teak Utilisation in ASEAN Region, 7-10 July 2009, Hmawbi, Myanmar. pp. 49-53.