Abstract

Santalum album is conceived as one of the most precious tree species in the world. In the present investigation growth performance of sandalwood with reference to various host species has been studied on five years old plantation in moist deciduous region of southern Gujarat. Three parameters height, DBH and volume index were considered for comparing growth performance of sandalwood in association with eight host species in four replications and ten combinations for a total of 240 plants. Significant variations among all combination were statistically analyzed through oneway ANOVA test. Cajanus cajan and Cassia siamea showed most potential host species for sandalwood growth compared to other host species.

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