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The effects of nursery incurred tap-root wounds on growth of Douglas-fir seedlings

Creator:

Whiting, Elizabeth Cameron

Abstract:

Tap-root wounds frequently occur on seedlings during lifting in forest tree nurseries. Data are needed to clarify guidelines for culling wounded seedlings. Two-year-old bareroot Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) seedlings were wounded by hand on the tap-root to lengths of either 3/8, 1, or 3 inches. Wounded seedlings were used...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis