Height and diameter growth of dense Populus plantations in response to fertilization and irrigation

Autor: Paul R. Blankenhorn, Lee R. Stover, Charles H. Strauss, Todd W. Bowersox, Bruce E. Lord
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: Biomass and Bioenergy. 1:111-117
ISSN: 0961-9534
DOI: 10.1016/0961-9534(91)90033-9
Popis: Survival, height and diameter for the first four year rotation were measured on two intensively cultured Populus hybrid plantations in central Pennsylvania. Treatments of control, irrigation, fertilization and fertilization/irrigation were installed on two sites and in two establishment years. Overall treatment survival was not affected by site but values were lower for 1980 planted trees (83%) than 1981 planted trees (90%). Survival values among the treatments were similar until the later ages of the first rotation. Treatments with fertilizers had lower four-year-old survival (78%) than the treatments without fertilizers (86%). The four-year-old control trees averaged 5.3 and 6.8 m in height, and 3.4 and 4.2 cm in diameter for the 1980 and 1981 establishment years, respectively. Fertilization, with or without irrigation, consistently increased annual height and diameter over the control. Fertilization/irrigation did not result in tree size values that were greater than fertilization. In general, there were inconsistent increases in annual height and diameter from irrigation.
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