Black polyethylene mulch improves growth of plantation-grown loblolly pine and yellow-poplar |
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Authors: | R F Walker S B Mclaughlin |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Range, Wildlife and Forestry, University of Nevada Reno, 1000 Valley Road, 89512 Reno, NV, USA;(2) Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, P.O. Box X, 37831 Oak Ridge, TN, USA |
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Abstract: | The effects of mulching with perforated black plastic, in combination with fertilization and induced mycorrhizal symbioses, on the growth of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) and yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera L.) were studied in a plantation under intensive, short rotation management. Mulching effects on soil temperature were also examined in order to assess the potential influence of this treatment on temperature-dependent processes in soils affecting tree growth. Mulching significantly increased height and stem diameter growth of both species, attributable largely to improved water relations resulting from diminished soil surface evaporation and elimination of transpirational losses from competing vegetation. Mulching effects on soil temperature were insufficient to contribute substantially to the growth response exhibited by mulched trees. Multiple applications of urea-N promoted enhanced growth in both loblolly pine and yellow-poplar, an effect accentuated by mulching, but the field performance of trees inoculated in the nursery with selected mycorrhizal fungi was poor relative to that of the other treatments investigated. |
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Keywords: | Pinus taeda Liriodendron tulipifera intensive silviculture forest fertilization mycorrhizae |
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