Effect of rootstock and scion on flowering, growth and foliar nutrients of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) grafts.

• Main Author: Schmidtling, R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Finnish Society of Forest Science 1991-01-01
• Series: Silva Fennica
• Online Access: https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/5460

In two separate studies, seedlings from 20 loblolly pine ( L.) families and Virginian pine ( Mill.) were used as root stocks for grafting loblolly pine seed orchard clones. The rootstocks were open-pollinated seedlings from orchard clones chosen to represent a wide range of flowering and survival capabilities, based on their performance in a first-generation seed orchard. Scions were derived from the same 20 loblolly clones. The effects of scion clone were significant and large for nearly all measured traits. Rootstock significantly affected survival, growth, flowering and foliar nutrients of the grafted ramets. Neither survival nor growth of the crafts was related to survival of growth of the orchard clones from which their rootstocks were derived, however. Survival of incompatible clones was enhanced by grafting on genetically related rootstocks.Pinus taedaPinus virginiana