What is best host plant for sandalwood?

List of tree for sandalwood

1.Pine

2.Calliandra

3.Casuarina

4. Sesbania (Dhonosa,Khoro gos, Gangi gos)

5. Gliricidia

6. Cajanus (Orohor)

7. Citrus (Nemu)

Sandalwood grows well with hosts such as Acacia(Australian acacia), Albizzia (sau koroi), Bombusa, Cassia( khorpat 1, hunaru 2),Erythrina (modar), Erythroxylon, Gossypium (cotton),Pongamia, Semecarpus (vaula, vela, gawal), Strychnos(makur kendu,nax vomika), Tectona (segun), Thespesia( porok pepol,Indian tuliptree), Vitex(ohoi) and Zocypus in natural forest Spike disease has been reported to be transmitted form hosts, such as Lantana, Acanthaclous, Ocimum Dedroclamus, Dodonea, Vinca and Eucalyptus.

ASSocIated Plant Species

S. austrocaledonicum In New Caledonia it mainly occurs

in secondary forests and agricultural fallows in the Loyalty

Islands. In dry forest (Grande Terre), it is often associated

with Acacia spirorbis, Croton insularis, and Arytera collina.It

also sometimes occurs with grasses, such as Panicum maxi­

mum, on plains and with ruderal species (families Fabaceae,

Asteraceae, and Convolvulaceae). Var. minutum occurs in

scrubland, with various shrub species including Cassinia

trifoliata, Xanthostemon pubescens, Hibbertia deplancheana.

In Vanuatu it frequently occurs with Acacia spirorbis, low

shrubs, and Cyperaceae. Other associated plant species

include coconut, grasses, bamboos, Cryptocarya turbinata,

Hibiscus tiliaceus,Dracontomelon vitiensis,Garuga floribunda,

Leucaena leucocephala (introduced), and Pterocarpus indicus.

S. yasi Yasi is mainly found in open forest types (often with

a grassy understory), including secondary forests developing in old garden sites.In Tonga,some trees were found in

young dense forest on the islands of Vava'u, establishing

themselves when the surrounding trees were smaller and

the stand had been opened up for cultivation of agriculture crops. It also occurs in low coastal forest associations

on small coralline islands. In Fiji associated woody species

include Acacia richii, Casuarina equisetifolia, Calophyllum

vitiense, Cocos nucifera, Fagraea gracilipes, Storckiella vitensis,

Hibiscus tiliaceus, Thespesia populnea, and Dodonea viscosa.

Associated species in Tonga include Broussonetia papyrifera,

Citrus spp., DiOSpyros spp., Hernandia nymphaeifolia,

Inocarpus fagifer, Morinda citrifolia, Pandanus tectorius,

Pometia pinnata, and Rhus taitensis.

Species commonly associated in modern introductions

Both species have been successfully interplanted in Pinus

caribaea plantations on 'Eua,Tonga.They are often planted

inFijian village homegardenswith ornamentals and cultural

species (e.g., Pandanus tectorius, Polyscias, Croton, Cordyline,

and Euodia hortensis) and fruit trees (e.g., Artocarpus altilis,

Citrus spp.,Musa spp., and Pometia pinnata).