Forest Nursery Manual: Production of Bareroot Seedlings

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Development of the Forest Nursery Manual: A Synthesis of Current Practices and Research

      • M. L. Duryea, T. D. Landis

      Pages 3-5

3. Developing a Forest-Tree Nursery

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Nursery-Site Selection, Layout, and Development

      • F. E. Morby

      Pages 9-15

   3. Equipment for Forest Nurseries

      • R. G. Hallman

      Pages 17-24

4. Starting the Bareroot Seedling

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

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   2. Assuring Seed Quality for Seedling Production: Cone Collection and Seed Processing, Testing, Storage, and Stratification

      • Y. Tanaka

      Pages 27-39

   3. Establishing a Vigorous Nursery Crop: Bed Preparation, Seed Sowing, and Early Seedling Growth

      • B. E. Thompson

      Pages 41-49

5. Managing the Soil and Water

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51

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   2. Physical Properties of Forest-Nursery Soils: Relation to Seedling Growth

      • B. P. Warkentin

      Pages 53-61

   3. Soil Fertility in Forest Nurseries

      • R. van den Driessche

      Pages 63-74

   4. Soil and Tissue Analysis: Tools for Maintaining Soil Fertility

      • C. T. Youngberg

      Pages 75-80

   5. Nursery Soil Organic Matter: Management and Importance

      • C. B. Davey

      Pages 81-86

   6. Cover and Green Manure Crops for Northwest Nurseries

      • W. S. McGuire, D. B. Hannaway

      Pages 87-91

   7. Water Management

      • R. J. Day

      Pages 93-105

   8. Irrigation in Forest-Tree Nurseries: Monitoring and Effects on Seedling Growth

      • S. E. McDonald

      Pages 107-121

   9. Land Drainage

      • D. E. Boyer

      Pages 123-129

6. Culturing the Bareroot Seedling

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131

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   2. Plant Physiology and Nursery Environment: Interactions Affecting Seedling Growth

      • D. P. Lavender

      Pages 133-141

ing damage ranged from odor. to general visual appearance. Attributes of seedling quality are categorized as either to cutting buds. to scraping bark to detect dead cambium. performance attributes (RGP. frost hardiness. stress resistance) One nursery reported using frost hardiness as an indicator of or material attributes (bud dormancy. water relations. nutrition. when to begin fall lifting. but none reported using it as an morphology). Performance attributes are assessed by placing indicator of seedling quality before shipping stock to customers. samples of seedlings into specified controlled environments and evaluating their responses. Although some effective short­ 23.4.3 Stress resistance cut procedures are being developed. performance tests tend Only three nurseries measure stress resistance. They use to be time consuming; however, they produce results on whole­ the services of Oregon State University and the test methods plant responses which are often closely correlated with field described in 23.2.3. One nursery reported that results of stress performance. Material attributes. on the other hand. reflect tests did not agree well with results of RGP tests and that RGP only individual aspects of seedling makeup and are often correlated better with seedling survival in the field. Most stress poorly correlated with performance. tests are conducted for reforestation personnel rather than for Bud dormancy status seems to be correlated. at least nurseries.

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`The Manual is an outstanding contribution to the literature. All who have been involved in its production are to be congratulated.'
The Forest Chronicle (October 1984)

• Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

  Mary L. Duryea

• U.S.D.A. Forest Service, State and Private Forestry, Denver, USA

  Thomas D. Landis

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