Nursery Production of Pinus engelmannii Carr. with Substrates Based on Fresh Sawdust

González-Orozco, María Mónica; Prieto-Ruíz, José Ángel; Aldrete, Arnulfo; Hernández-Díaz, José Ciro; Chávez-Simental, Jorge Armando; Rodríguez-Laguna, Rodrigo

doi:10.3390/f9110678

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“…In the case of Pinus engelmannii Carr. up to 70% raw sawdust combined with composted bark and peat moss have been used favorably when 6 g L −1 fertilizer dose of Multicote ® was added [31]. These results are similar to ours.…”

Section: Morphological Characteristics and Quality Indexsupporting

confidence: 89%

“…The reserves of stored nutrients are closely related to the survival probabilities and the growth of plants in the field [56,61]. Treatments M2 + F2 and M4 + F2 resulted in greater nitrogen and phosphorus concentration compared with those reported by González et al [31] in Pinus engelmannii Carr. using the same substrates and fertilizer doses.…”

Section: Nutritionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Results of recent studies confirm that sawdust, in combination with other materials is a suitable substrate in Pinus montezumae Lamb., Pinus pseudostrobus Lindl., Pinus cooperi Blanco and Pinus engelmannii Carr. [22,[29][30][31].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Alternative Substrates and Fertilization Doses in the Production of Pinus cembroides Zucc. in Nursery

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Rooting substrate and fertilization are key components in the production of containerized seedlings, as they can influence the morphological and physiological characteristics of the plants, which in turn can impact outplanting performance. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of four substrates based on mixtures of peat moss (PM), composted bark (CB) and raw pine sawdust (PS), combined with two doses of controlled release fertilizer (CRF) and one non-fertilized control, on the growth of Pinus cembroides Zucc. in the nursery. The treatments were: M1: 50+25+25, M2: 25+25+50, M3: 25+50+25 and M4: 50+50+0 of PM+ CB+ PS (% by volume), respectively. Fertilizer treatments used a controlled release fertilizer (Multicote®): F1: 3 kg m−3 and F2: 6 kg m−3 and a control (WF: with no added fertilizer). The treatments were distributed in a randomized complete block design, with a factorial arrangement of 4 × 3 and six replications. The variables evaluated were: height, seedling diameter, dry biomass, Dickson Quality Index, N, P and K content. Regardless of the substrate, the high fertilizer dose (6 kg m−3) improved most morphological variables. In addition, the high fertilizer dose resulted in foliar N, P and K concentrations within recommended ranges for all substrates. The substrate containing only peat moss and composted bark (M4 + F1 and M4 + F2) had the best growth response. However, the substrate composed of 25% peat moss, 50% composted bark and 25% raw pine sawdust with the high fertilizer dose (M3 + F2) resulted in acceptable seedling growth, and may be preferred if the cost of the substrate is a concern to nursery manager.

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“…From this point of view, and based on the findings of several studies [40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47], including part of those referenced in the introduction section, one can conclude that morphological features such as a higher root collar diameter, shoot height and root volume, are desirable features to improve outplanting success. Many of such morphological features can be achieved by a variety of nursery practices such as manipulating the used substrates [48], seedling growing regime [30], and seedbed growing density [49], and may help reducing seedling production costs and time [48,49].…”

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Seedling Growth Performance of Four Forest Species with Different Techniques of Soil Tillage Used in Romanian Nurseries

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Borz

2021

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Providing high quality seedlings for use in forestry applications is one of the main challenges faced by the forest nurseries, and it depends on the practices used in such facilities. For instance, controlled experiments have shown that seedling growth is affected by the soils’ physical condition, which in turn is rather difficult to manipulate by the equipment used; this raises the question on whether changing the operational procedures could enable better physical properties of the seedbeds’ soils, in such a way that they will contribute to a better seedling growth. This study compares two seedbed tillage systems, termed as traditional (T, plowing, disk harrowing and cultivation) and minimal (M, scarifying and rototilling) in terms of physical properties of the soils and seedling growth, accounting for the variation induced by the local soil and climate conditions (three forest nurseries) as a separate factor. The results indicate highly significant gains in growth of the root collar diameter and shoot height for four tested species (pedunculate oak, common ash, wild cherry and Norway spruce), which accounted for 16 to 109% and for 10 to 134%, respectively, when using the M system. Root volume growth, which was tested for pedunculate oak, has also shown significant gains, accounting for 49 to 59% as of using M instead of T. In general, the seedlings resulted from the M treatment were found to be more homogeneous in terms of morphological characteristics, though the association and dependence between their features and physical properties of the soils were poorer. These gains in growth seem to be more related to the tillage systems rather than to local soil and climate conditions, as no or marginally significant differences were found to support their relation to the forest nurseries taken into study. The main conclusion of the study is that changing the regular seedbed tillage system by the minimal one could contribute not only at improving the growth of the seedlings, but also to the responsivity of forest nurseries.

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“…Pinus engelmannii Carr. is a promising candidate for this purpose, as it is one of the most economically and environmentally important species, mainly due to the high quality of its wood ( Prieto et al, 2004 ; González-Orozco et al, 2018 ). Establishment of forest plantations in previously non-forested land can contribute to the conservation of natural forest resources ( Ramírez & Simonetti, 2011 ) and to generating environmental services, such as carbon sequestration ( Miehle et al, 2006 ; Soto-Cervantes et al, 2020 ), water harvesting, soil retention ( Sayer & Elliot, 2005 ) and landscape improvement ( Sabogal, Besacier & McGuire, 2015 ), among others ( Martínez & Prieto, 2011 ).…”

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Graft survival of Pinus engelmannii Carr. in relation to two grafting techniques with dormant and sprouting buds

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Developing methods for successfully grafting forest species will be helpful for establishing asexual seed orchards and increasing the success of forest genetic improvement programs in Mexico. In this study we investigated the effects of two grafting techniques (side veneer and top cleft) and two phenological stages of the scion buds (end of latency and beginning of sprouting), in combination with other seven grafting variables, on the sprouting and survival of 120 intraspecific grafts of Pinus engelmannii Carr. The scions used for grafting were taken from a 5.5-year-old commercial forest plantation. The first grafting was performed on January 18 (buds at the end of dormancy) and the second on February 21 (buds at the beginning of sprouting). The data were examined by analysis of variance and a test of means and were fitted to two survival models (the Weibull’s accelerated failure time and the Cox’s proportional hazards model) and the respective hazard ratios were calculated. Survival was higher in the top cleft grafts made with buds at the end of latency, with 80% sprouting and an estimated average survival time of between 164 and 457 days after the end of the 6-month evaluation period. Four variables (grafting technique, phenological stage of the scion buds, scion diameter and rootstock height) significantly affected the risk of graft death in both survival models. Use of top cleft grafts with buds at the end of the latency stage, combined with scion diameters smaller than 11.4 mm and rootstock heights greater than 58.5 cm, was associated with a lower risk of death.

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Nursery Production of Pinus engelmannii Carr. with Substrates Based on Fresh Sawdust

Cited by 10 publications

References 28 publications

Alternative Substrates and Fertilization Doses in the Production of Pinus cembroides Zucc. in Nursery

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Seedling Growth Performance of Four Forest Species with Different Techniques of Soil Tillage Used in Romanian Nurseries

Graft survival of Pinus engelmannii Carr. in relation to two grafting techniques with dormant and sprouting buds

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