Effects of Nursery Fertilization on Outplanting Performance
How do we determine the "desired range" of nutrients?
Slow release fertilizer treatment on Gmelina aborea cuttings (Redell et al. 1999: New Forests)
Effect of Fertilization on seedling morphology
Slash pine - Georgia (Heser 2000: MS)
Loblolly pine - Georgia (Kormanik et al. 1999: GTR SRS-25)
Loblolly - Virginia (Dierauf 1991: VDF OR #94)
Loblolly - Mississippi (Switzer 1962: PhD)
Loblolly - Georgia (Sung et al. 1997: CJFR 27)
Summary
Effect of Fertilization on survival
Liquid Fertilization - 1937 (Wilde et al. 1940: JOF)
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Longleaf - Fall Fertilization (nursery) (Hinesley and Maki 1980: SJAF)
Loblolly - Texas (Barber et al. 1991: BSSRC)
Loblolly - Mississippi (Switzer 1962: Phd)
Fall applied nitrogen and slash pine (Irwin et al. 1998: SJAF)
Effect of N Fertilization on RGP
Loblolly pine - Fall Fertilization (containers) (Williams and South 1994: 8th BSSRC)
Effect of Fertilization on short-term growth
Extra Nursery study - Loblolly (Blake and South 1990: Highlights)
20 Nursery study - Loblolly (Larsen et al. 1988: SJAF)
Effect of Fertilization on Long-term growth
Loblolly - Virginia (Dierauf and Chandler 1995: VDF OR #121)
Extra K Fertilization in the nursery has little benefit for Survival and Early Growth
White spruce - Wisconsin (Kopitke 1941: JOF)
Sitka spruce - UK (Benzian 1974: Forestry)
Loblolly - Virginia (Dierauf 1982: VDF OR #59)
Loblolly - Georgia (Rowan 1987: GFC #68)
Loblolly - Slash - Alabama (South et al. 1993: SAFJ#166)
A very cheep investment in improving seedling quality
Email: southdb@auburn.edu
Other information: Lecture given on Aug 2, 2000.