Plant and Soil

, Volume 30, Issue 3, pp 439–445 | Cite as

Response ofPinus resinosa ait. Plantations to potassium fertilization on a potassium-deficient site

  • Akira Kawana
  • G. Kenneth Xydias
  • Albert L. Leaf
Article

Summary

Using deviations of the cumulative height growth due to fertilization treatments from the linear finite difference curve of untreated red pine trees in plantations, it was noted that: 1) large-sized trees responded in height growth to fertilization in the year following treatment while the medium and small trees took two years to respond; 2) medium-size trees responded to fertilization similar to large trees, but to a lesser magnitude; and 3) small trees are further suppressed by fertilization due to growth responses in the large medium trees.

Keywords

Potassium Plant Physiology Medium Tree Finite Difference Growth Response 
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© Martinus Nijhoff 1969

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  • Akira Kawana
  • G. Kenneth Xydias
  • Albert L. Leaf

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