Cone and Seed Characteristics of Fertilized and Unfertilized Longleaf Pines

B.F. McLemore

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Cone and Seed Characteristics of Fertilized and Unfertilized Longleaf Pines

Informally Refereed

Authors:

B.F. McLemore

Year:

1975

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. SO-109. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 10 p.

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Abstract

Fertilizer increase cone yields and seed size but did not affect number of seeds per cone, percentage of empty of wormy wood, cone size, initial viability, or storability.

Keywords

Pinus palustris, germination, seed yields

Citation

McLemore, B.F. 1975. Cone and Seed Characteristics of Fertilized and Unfertilized Longleaf Pines. Res. Pap. SO-109. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 10 p.