Ninth workshop on seedling physiology and growth problems in oak plantings (abstracts)

Abstract

Research results and ongoing research activities in field performance of oak plantings, seedling propagation, genetics, acorn germination, and natural regeneration of oaks are described in 26 abstracts.

Titles contained within Ninth workshop on seedling physiology and growth problems in oak plantings (abstracts)

• Flood tolerance evaluation of bottomland oaks in a multi-channel field laboratory
• Performance of northern red oak seedlings across a pH gradient
• Evaluation of RPM™ oak seedlings in afforesting floodplain crop fields along the Missouri River
• Response of white oak and black oak seedlings to a mid-story removal
• Development of northern red oak rooted cutting and enrichment planting systems
• Evaluating desiccation sensitivity of northern red oak acorns using x-ray image analysis
• Transplant shock of northern red oak seedlings following simulated drought as influenced by root morphology
• Planted oaks and natural invasion in bottomland hardwood forests of the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley
• Is seedling grading beneficial to artificial regeneration of northern red oaks?
• Underplanting pin oak seedlings in bottomland forests managed as Greentree Reservoirs
• Comparative development of planted cherrybark oak-sweetgum mixtures: implications for future mixed-species plantings in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley
• A comparison of site preparation and sowing techniques for direct seeding bottomland red oaks in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley
• Effects of fire and thinning on oak and other hardwood species regeneration in mixed oak forests of southeastern Ohio
• Regeneration concerns in areas impacted by sudden oak death
• Twenty-year performance in a white oak provenance test
• Field performance of graded northern red oak seedlings planted under four overstory treatments in Tennessee: two-year results
• Natural oak regeneration 22 to 35 years after clearcutting on the Hoosier National Forest
• Effects of periodic fire on composition and long-term dynamics of Arkansas upland hardwood forests
• Early stand development in a red oak-paper birch stand regenerated through the shelterwood system in northern Wisconsin
• Impact of acorn moisture content at sowing on germination and seedling growth of white oak and northern red oak
• Evaluating the effectiveness of ground cover management in oak plantings and stands
• Evaluation of root force? container seedlings of four oak species for bottomland forest restoration in southern Indiana: 2 year results
• Effect of storage temperature and duration on cold hardiness and dormancy of northern red oak seedlings: use of the electrolyte leakage procedure
• Response of outplanted northern red oak seedlings under two silvicultural prescriptions in north Alabama
• Upland hardwood research in Arkansas Boston Mountains - an integrated approach
• Harvest survivability of oak advanced regeneration

Citation

Weigel, D.R.; Van Sambeek, J.W.; Michler, C.H., eds. 2005. Ninth workshop on seedling physiology and growth problems in oak plantings (abstracts). 2004 October 18-20; West Lafayette, IN. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-262. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 28 p.