Forest Research Institute Dehradun Museum

Hello sir, is there any one provide me detail about the some basic info of Forest Research Institute Dehradun Museum?

[shikha]

The Forest Research Institute has a Museum at Dehradun. This museum contains about 3,000 exhibits representing the various stages of insect pests and the nature of damage caused by them to seed, seedlings, standing trees, felled timbers, bamboos and also finished products.

In the museum all Exhibits are arranged alphabetically according to plant genera.

Important forestry pests like sal heart-wood borer, teak defoliator, Meliaceae shoot borer, poplar defoliators, deodar defoliator, sissoo defoliator, babul stem and root borer, their biology, life history and nature of damage are depicted along with methods to control them.

Forest Research Institute Dehradun Museum



FRI also contains a museum on forestry. It is open from 9:30am to 5:00pm daily, which an entry fee of Rs 25 per person and a nominal entry fee for vehicles.

There are six sections in the museum:

Pathology Museum
Social Forestry Museum
Silviculture Museum
Timber Museum
Non-Wood Forest Products Museum
Entomology Museum


Contact to:

Forest Research Institute,
P.O. New Forest- Dehradun (India)
Fax :+91 135-2756865