A study was conducted to identify geographical variation in loblolly pine bark and wood properties at the whole-tree level and to quantify the responses in whole-tree
bark and wood properties following contrasting silvicultural practices that included planting density, weed control, and fertilization. Trees were destructively sampled from
both conventionally managed...
Trees sampled from a loblolly pine mid-rotation fertilization trial were used in
this study. The study was laid out in a randomized complete block design with
four levels of nitrogen fertilizer as treatments: control (000N), 112 (112N), 224
(224N), and 336 (336N) kg/ha of nitrogen, with each treatment replicated in...
The use of clonal varieties in forestry offers great potential to improve growth traits (quantity) and wood properties (quality) of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.). Loblolly pine trees established via somatic embryogenesis (clones), full-sib zygotic crosses, and half-sib zygotic open-pollinated families were sampled to identify variation in growth and wood...