Transplant shock of northern red oak seedlings following simulated drought as influenced by root morphology

Douglass F. Jacobs; Francis Salifu; Anthony Davis

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Transplant shock of northern red oak seedlings following simulated drought as influenced by root morphology

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Authors:

Douglass F. Jacobs, Francis Salifu, Anthony Davis

Year:

2005

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Weigel, D.R.; Van Sambeek, J.W.; Michler, C.H., eds. Ninth workshop on seedling physiology and growth problems in oak plantings. 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: 7.

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Abstract

Transplant shock, implicated by depressed seedling physiological response associated with moisture or nutrient stress immediately following planting, limits early plantation establishment. We investigated the impacts of simulated drought and transplant root volume on predawn leaf xylem water potential, photosynthetic assimilation rates, stomatal conductance, and growth of northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.) seedlings to explain susceptibility of these plants to transplant shock.

Parent Publication

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

Citation

Jacobs, Douglass F.; Salifu, Francis; Davis, Anthony. 2005. Transplant shock of northern red oak seedlings following simulated drought as influenced by root morphology. In: Weigel, D.R.; Van Sambeek, J.W.; Michler, C.H., eds. Ninth workshop on seedling physiology and growth problems in oak plantings. 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: 7.