Root Pruning Boosts Longleaf Survival

Eugene Shoulders; E. R . Toole; W. M. Broadfoot

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Root Pruning Boosts Longleaf Survival

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Eugene Shoulders, E. R . Toole, W. M. Broadfoot

Year:

1959

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Southern Forestry Notes SFES-SFN-120. Stoneville, MS: USDA-Forestry Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Pruning the roots of seedlings in the nursery bed is an easy way of increasing the survival of planted longleaf pine.

Keywords

longleaf

Citation

Shoulders, Eugene; Toole, E. R .; Broadfoot, W. M. 1959. Root Pruning Boosts Longleaf Survival. Southern Forestry Notes SFES-SFN-120. Stoneville, MS: USDA-Forestry Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 2 p.