Nursery practices, seedling sizes, and field performance.

William I. Stein

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Nursery practices, seedling sizes, and field performance.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

William I. Stein

Year:

1988

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

Source:

In: Landis, Thomas D. tech. coord. Proceedings, combined meeting of the Western Forest Nursery Associations; 1988 August 8-11; Vernon, British Columbia, Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-167, Ft. Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station: 15-18

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Abstract

Highlights are presented from a large cooperative study to determine the combined effects of nursery cultural practices on the initial size and subsequent field performance of 2+0 Douglas-fir seedlings. The study involved seven sources of stock produced in three different nurseries and field plantings made over 3 years on 28 sites in southwestern Oregon. Seedbed density had more effect on the size of seedlings produced and on subsequent 4-year field survival and growth than did variations in irrigation frequency or undercutting and wrenching.

Citation

Stein, William I. 1988. Nursery practices, seedling sizes, and field performance. In: Landis, Thomas D. tech. coord. Proceedings, combined meeting of the Western Forest Nursery Associations; 1988 August 8-11; Vernon, British Columbia, Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-167, Ft. Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station: 15-18