First-year growth response of cold-stored,nursery-grown aspen planting stock |
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Authors: | Lee A Martens Simon M Landhäusser Victor J Lieffers |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Renewable Resources, Center for Enhanced Forest Management, University of Alberta, 4-42 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E3 |
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Abstract: | This research examined the first year growth characteristics of cold stored and transplanted nursery-produced aspen (Populus tremuloides) seedlings (container and bareroot (BR)) and compared it to the growth of seedlings that had not been transplanted (established
from germinants in the field) and therefore had an unrestricted root system (UR). Prior to planting, nursery-produced seedlings
were placed in cold storage (−3°C) and root growth potential (RGP) and total non-structural carbohydrate (TNC) root reserves
were tested at 0, 10, 75 and after 150 (container) and 190 days (BR) of storage. Both container and BR stock had much lower
root to shoot ratios (RSRs) and root carbohydrate reserves compared to UR seedlings after 170 days. During storage, root reserves
in container stock declined faster than in the BR and UR seedlings. RGP in all nursery stock was the highest after 75 days
of storage, while longer storage resulted in shoot dieback and reduced root growth. After the first growing season, UR seedlings
were one tenth the size of the nursery stock; however, in the second growing season they had no stem dieback and grew twice
the height and stem diameter. The higher RSRs and root reserves in the UR seedlings was likely caused by early bud set in
its first year of growth. This suggests that inducing bud set earlier in the growing regime might allow seedlings to increase
root mass and carbohydrate reserves. |
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Keywords: | Carbohydrate reserves Carbon allocation Intensive silviculture Plantation forestry Populus tremuloides Seedling quality |
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