Nitrogen Fertilization Increases Cottonwood Growth on Old-Field Soil

B. G. Blackmon; E. H. White

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Nitrogen Fertilization Increases Cottonwood Growth on Old-Field Soil

Informally Refereed

Authors:

B. G. Blackmon, E. H. White

Year:

1972

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Research Note SFES-RN-143. New Orleans, LA: USDA-Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 5 p.

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Abstract

Nitrogen (150 lb ./acre as NH4N03 ) applied to a 6-year-old eastern cottonwood plantation in an old field on Commerce silt loam soil increased diameter, basal area, and volume growth by 200 percent over untreated controls. The plantation did not respond to 100 pounds P per acre from concentrated superphosphate.

Keywords

nitrogen, cottonwood

Citation

Blackmon, B. G.; White, E. H. 1972. Nitrogen Fertilization Increases Cottonwood Growth on Old-Field Soil. Research Note SFES-RN-143. New Orleans, LA: USDA-Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 5 p.