Early growth and survival of Shumard oak and Nuttall oak planting stocks

Early growth and survival of Shumard oak and Nuttall oak planting stocks

<p>Hurricane Katrina damaged 1.4 million hectares of forestland in Mississippi. Hardwood timber accounted for 40 percent of the damage. A cost-effective method of artificial regeneration is necessary to restore this resource. Bareroot, containerized, and EKOgrown® seedlings of <i>Quercus...

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Main Author: Reeves, Johnathan
Other Authors: Andrew Ezell
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: MSSTATE 2016
Subjects:
Forestry
Online Access:http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-03152016-112222/
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spelling ndltd-MSSTATE-oai-library.msstate.edu-etd-03152016-1122222016-07-15T15:48:16Z Early growth and survival of Shumard oak and Nuttall oak planting stocks Reeves, Johnathan Forestry <p>Hurricane Katrina damaged 1.4 million hectares of forestland in Mississippi. Hardwood timber accounted for 40 percent of the damage. A cost-effective method of artificial regeneration is necessary to restore this resource. Bareroot, containerized, and EKOgrown® seedlings of <i>Quercus shumardii</i> and <i>Quercus nuttallii</i> were planted on two sites for evaluation of survival and growth. Survival was recorded monthly during the first growing season, and at the end of each growing season. Growth was measured at the end of each growing season. Survival was extremely low in 2014. Containerized seedlings suffered a total loss due to freezing at the nursery, and a large flood occurred on one site. After the two growing seasons monitored in this study, bareroot seedlings provided similar or greater growth, greater survival, and were remarkably cheaper than EKOgrown® seedlings. Consequently, bareroot seedlings are recommended as the most cost-effective method of artificial oak reforestation.</p> Andrew Ezell Emily Schultz Andrew Brady Self John Hodges MSSTATE 2016-04-18 text application/pdf http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-03152016-112222/ http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-03152016-112222/ en unrestricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, Dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to Mississippi State University Libraries or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, Dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, Dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, Dissertation, or project report.
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Early growth and survival of Shumard oak and Nuttall oak planting stocks
description <p>Hurricane Katrina damaged 1.4 million hectares of forestland in Mississippi. Hardwood timber accounted for 40 percent of the damage. A cost-effective method of artificial regeneration is necessary to restore this resource. Bareroot, containerized, and EKOgrown® seedlings of <i>Quercus shumardii</i> and <i>Quercus nuttallii</i> were planted on two sites for evaluation of survival and growth. Survival was recorded monthly during the first growing season, and at the end of each growing season. Growth was measured at the end of each growing season. Survival was extremely low in 2014. Containerized seedlings suffered a total loss due to freezing at the nursery, and a large flood occurred on one site. After the two growing seasons monitored in this study, bareroot seedlings provided similar or greater growth, greater survival, and were remarkably cheaper than EKOgrown® seedlings. Consequently, bareroot seedlings are recommended as the most cost-effective method of artificial oak reforestation.</p>
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title Early growth and survival of Shumard oak and Nuttall oak planting stocks
title_short Early growth and survival of Shumard oak and Nuttall oak planting stocks
title_full Early growth and survival of Shumard oak and Nuttall oak planting stocks
title_fullStr Early growth and survival of Shumard oak and Nuttall oak planting stocks
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