Effect of Sugar Maple Root Exudate on Seedlings of Northern Conifer Species

Carl H. Tubbs

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Effect of Sugar Maple Root Exudate on Seedlings of Northern Conifer Species

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Carl H. Tubbs

Year:

1976

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NC-213. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

It has been shows that a root exudate of sugar maple reduces the growth of yellow birch. A laboratory test indicated that the growth of northern conifers is also reduced in sugar maple root exudate. Allelopathy may play an important role in survival of species on sites where sugar maple is abundant.

Keywords

allelopathy, Acer saccharum Marsh, Betula alleghaniensis Britton

Citation

Tubbs, Carl H. 1976. Effect of Sugar Maple Root Exudate on Seedlings of Northern Conifer Species. Research Note NC-213. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station