Survival and Growth of Cottonwood Clones After Angle Planting and Base Angle Treatments

W.K. Randall; Harvey E. Kennedy

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Survival and Growth of Cottonwood Clones After Angle Planting and Base Angle Treatments

Informally Refereed

Authors:

W.K. Randall, Harvey E. Kennedy

Year:

1976

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Res. Note SO-220. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 3 p.

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Abstract

Presently, commercial cottonwood plantations in the lower Mississippi Valley are established using vertically planted, unrooted cuttings with a flat (90°) base. Neither survival nor first-year growth of a group of six Stoneville clones was improved by angle planting or cutting base angles diagonally. For one clone, survival was significantly better when base angle was 45°.

Keywords

Populus deltoides, artificial regeneration, planting techniques, root development

Citation

Randall, W.K.; Kennedy, Harvey E., Jr. 1976. Survival and Growth of Cottonwood Clones After Angle Planting and Base Angle Treatments. Res. Note SO-220. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 3 p.