Early growth performance of latin american Prosopis species in Indian arid tract Tewari J.C., Sharma N.K., Harsh L.N., Felker P.1 Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur 342 003 (Rajasthan). 1 Centre for Semi-arid Forest Resources, Texas A&M University, Kingsville, Texas 78363, USA. Abstract Six exotic Prosopis species, mainly of Latin American origin (i.e. P. nigra, P. flexuosa, P. chilensis, P. alba, Prosopis hybrid and Prosopis species-peruvian) were studied for their early growth performance. Moreover, these exotics are simultaneously compared with P. julifiora for early growth behaviour. Prosopis species-peruvian and P. alba have shown best over all growth performance. In general, P. juliflora could not attain better overall growh than these exotics. The high degree of adaptability and appreciable early growth performance of Prosopis species (peruvian) and P. alba make them a very suitable candidate for arid zone plantation forestry activities. Top Keywords Prosopis, exotic, agro-forestry, silvi-pastoral. Top |