Section 5
Study Questions & Readings
Study Questions
1. Relatively high levels of nitrogen result in high shoot-root ratios. High nitrogen supplies can stimulate late season growth. How would you schedule nitrogen fertilization for seedlings grown for droughty, hot exposure?
2. Storage impacts seedling vigor least if the plants have high levels of carbohydrate reserves at time of storage and if seedlings are placed in storage during mid-winter. How would you schedule the growing and storage of seedlings to be outplanted on the above site in May? |
Poor field storage. |
Readings
1. Lavender, Denis P. 1984. Plant Physiology and Nursery Environment. Chapter 14 in Duryea, M.L. and Landis, T.D. (Eds.) Forest Nursery Manual.
2. van den Driessche, R. 1984. Chapter 7, ibid. p 63-74.
3. Burdett, A.N. & D. Simpson. 1984. Chapter 21, ibid. p. 227-234.
Additional Reading:
1. Lavender, D.P., et al. 1990. Regenerating British Columbia's Forests. Chapters 16, 17.
2. Haase,D.L. and Rose,R. 1995. Vector analysis and its use for interpreting plant nutrient shifts in response to silvicultural treatments. Forest Science (in press). [ Read this! We will talk about it in class and mabe do some problems! Two timber companies are using this research in their planting trials to understand field fertilization after planting.]