scholarly journals Nursery Rooting and Growth of Loblolly Pine Cuttings: Effects of Rooting Solution and Full-Sib Family

1999 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. John Frampton ◽  
Barry Goldfarb ◽  
Scott E. Surles ◽  
Clements C. Lambeth

Abstract This research examined the effects of various rooting solutions and full-sib families on the rooting ability and subsequent growth and morphology of dormant loblolly pine stem cuttings set directly into open nursery beds. Two recommended concentrations of a commercial rooting compound (Woods Rooting Compound®), 9 and 17% (10:1 and 5:1 dilutions, respectively), and a water control in combination with four boron and four thiamine concentrations were tested. The 9% concentration contained 924 ppm indole-3-butyric acid (IBA ) + 594 ppm α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) while the 17% concentration contained 1751 ppm IBA + 1122 ppm NAA. Family, rooting compound concentration, and their interaction were significant, while boron and thiamine main effects were not significant for percent rooted nor other traits assessed. Overall, 75% of cuttings treated with the water control rooted while cuttings receiving the 9 and 17% rooting compound concentrations rooted at 64 and 55%, respectively. However, the root systems of cuttings receiving the rooting compound treatments were more symmetrical, more vertically oriented and had greater dry weights than cuttings receiving the water control treatment. In addition, basal stem caliper and shoot dry weight, as well as the root:shoot ratio, were greater for cuttings receiving the rooting compound treatments. The trade-offs between rooting percent and root system morphology were addressed by investigating treatment differences in final crop yields as a percent of cuttings set. When seedling caliper standards were used as the grading criteria, no rooted cuttings were culled. Under this scenario, the water control treatment yielded the highest percent of acceptable (combined Grades 1 and 2) rooted cuttings (75%) since it also yielded the highest rooting percent. The range in yield of acceptable rooted cuttings for the five full-sib families receiving the water control treatment was 58 to 84%. When additional root system standards were imposed upon the caliper grades, the 9% rooting compound concentration yielded the highest percent of acceptable rooted cuttings (53%). The range in acceptable yields of the five full-sib families receiving the 9% rooting compound treatment when the additional root system grading standards were imposed, was 35 to 79%. A better understanding of the trade-offs between rooting percent and root system morphology as well as the effect of root system morphology on long-term growth of cuttings is needed. However, the rooted cuttings produced in this study by directly setting cuttings into open nursery beds exceeded commonly used seedling grading standards. While production costs were not addressed in this study, and significant additional development is needed, these results provide encouragement that an economical system of rooting loblolly pine cuttings in open nursery beds may be feasible. South. J. Appl. For. 23(2):108-115.

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Frampton ◽  
Bailian Li ◽  
Barry Goldfarb

Abstract Early growth and fusiform rust resistance of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) rooted cuttings and seedlings from the same nine full-sib families established on two sites (Nassau Co., FL and Monroe Co., AL) were compared. Although site effects on growth were large, height, diameter and volume growth of the rooted cuttings and seedlings did not differ through the first six growing seasons in the field (with the exception of first year height growth at the Florida site). Fusiform rust (caused by Cronartium quercuum [Berk.] Miyabe ex Shirai f. sp. fusiforme [Cumm.] Burds. et Snow) incidence at age 6 yr was significantly lower in the rooted cuttings than the seedlings at both the Florida site (15.6 versus 22.3 %, respectively) and the Alabama site (46. 0 versus 51.0%, respectively). In addition, correlations of full-sib family performance between (1) rooted cuttings and seedlings and (2) rooted cuttings and seedling progeny test data were positive, statistically significant and moderate to high for both growth traits and fusiform rust incidence. Thus, families or individual trees selected from seedling genetic tests in existing tree improvement programs should also perform well as rooted cuttings. These results and those from similar studies indicate that field performance of loblolly pine rooted cuttings derived from seedling hedges should not be a concern. Large-scale propagation using rooted cuttings will deliver predicted gains from the selection and deployment of elite full-sib families and clones. In addition, the use of rooted cutting planting stock may offer a further reduction in fusiform rust incidence. South. J. Appl. For. 24(2):98-105.


Irriga ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmello Crisafulli Machado ◽  
Ithamar Prado Neto ◽  
Rubens Duarte Coelho

CONSUMO DE SOLUÇÕES FERTILIZANTES EM PLANTAS ADULTAS DE LIMA ÁCIDA ‘TAHITI’ SOBRE LIMÃO ‘CRAVO’ NAS CONDIÇÕES DE IRRIGAÇÃO LOCALIZADA   Carmello Crisafulli Machado; Ithamar Prada Neto; Rubens Duarte CoelhoDepartamento de Engenharia Rural, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, [email protected]   1 RESUMO  O trabalho de pesquisa foi realizado em um pomar com dez anos de idade, teve como objetivo medir o consumo de diferentes soluções fertilizantes pelo sistema radicular de porta-enxerto limão ‘Cravo’ sobre lima ácida ‘Tahiti’, pela metodologia do lisímetro poroso. Na projeção da copa de cada uma das plantas foram instalados nove conjuntos lisímetricos, sendo três para cada tratamento a ser implantado, sendo estes: água pura (testemunha) Tratamento 1, solução fertilizante com N, P e K Tratamento 2 e solução fertilizante com N, P, K, Ca, Zn e B Tratamento 3. A inclusão dos elementos Ca, Zn, B, e S na solução de N, P e K (Tratamento T3) promoveu aumento na absorção de água e nutrientes de 48% quando comparada à testemunha e a aplicação de apenas os elementos N, P e K (Tratamento T2) foi superior a testemunha em 9%. O consumo de solução do tratamento T3 (N, P, K, Ca, Zn, B, e S) foi superior ao tratamento T2 (N, P e K) em 35%. A metodologia do lisímetro poroso apresentou resultados satisfatórios na medição do consumo de água pelas plantas adultas, viabilizando a realização de estudos referentes à absorção de água e nutrientes em uma mesma planta, evitando assim, erros devidos à variabilidade espacial de consumo existente no pomar.  UNITERMOS: fertirrigação, manejo de irrigação, citros   MACHADO, C.C.; NETO, I.P.; COELHO, R.D. CONSUMPTION OF FERTILIZING SOLUTIONS IN ADULT PLANTS OF ‘TAHITI’ LIME ON LEMON ‘CRAVO’ IN CONDITIONS OF LOCALIZED IRRIGATION   ABSTRACT  The research trial was accomplished at an orchard with ten years old, and had as objective to measure the consumption of different fertilizing solutions by the root system of the ‘Cravo’ lemon rootstock on ‘Tahiti’ lime, by the methodology of the porous lysimeter. Nine lysimeters sets were installed in the canopy projection of each plant, being three for each treatment to be implanted, that were: pure water (control) Treatment 1, fertilizing solution with N, P and K Treatment 2 and fertilizing solution with N, P, K, Ca, Zn and B Treatment 3. The inclusion of the elements Ca, Zn, B, and S in the solution of N, P and K (Treatment T3) increased the uptake of water and nutrients in 48% when compared to the control, and the application of only the elements N, P and K (Treatment T2) was superior to the control in 9%. The consumption of solution in the treatment T3 (N, P, K, Ca, Zn, B and S) was higher than the treatment T2 (N, P and K) in 35%. The methodology of the porous lysimeter presented satisfactory results in the measurement of the water consumption for the adult plants, making possible the accomplishment of studies regarding the absorption of water and nutrients in the same plant, thus avoiding mistakes due to the variability of existent consumption among plants.  KEYWORDS: fertigation, irrigation management, citrus


1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
H E Stelzer ◽  
G S Foster ◽  
V Shaw ◽  
J B McRae

Rooted cuttings and seedlings of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) were established in a central Alabama field trial. Five, full-sib families, with an average number of six clones per family, were evaluated. Mean cutting/seedling height ratios revealed that despite initial differences in size, relative growth rates of both propagule types stabilized and were equal by age 7 years. Through age 10 years, results show virtually no difference in height, diameter at breast height, volume, or stem taper between the rooted cuttings and seedlings.


1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 231-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Goldfarb ◽  
Scott E. Surles ◽  
Mack Thetford ◽  
Frank A. Blazich

Abstract Stem cuttings of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) were rooted in a greenhouse and then scored for the number of roots per rooted cutting, the number of vertically oriented roots per rooted cutting, and symmetry of the arrangement of adventitious roots on the lower stem. Rooted cuttings were transplanted to a nursery bed, grown for 7 months, lifted and rescored, transplanted to a field location, and then measured after 1 yr in the field. Shoot height after the rooting period was correlated weakly with the number of roots per rooted cutting, but not with the number of vertical roots or root system symmetry. Nursery culture slightly reduced the number of roots per cutting and root system symmetry. Root orientation changed dramatically as roots elongated, with 94% of all roots scored as vertical after nursery growth. Shoot height after the period of nursery growth was still correlated weakly with root number, but not with the number of vertical roots. Rooted cuttings with symmetrical root systems were slightly taller than cuttings with asymmetrical root systems after growth in the nursery. After 1 yr in the field, shoot height was no longer correlated with root number. On average, cuttings with symmetrical root systems were only 2 mm taller than cuttings with asymmetrical root systems. These early growth data suggest it is not beneficial to impose culling criteria for cuttings rooted in a greenhouse and transplanted to a nursery based on the root system architecture at the time of rooting. However, growth and stability of rooted cuttings over a longer time period must be assessed. South. J. Appl. For. 22(4): 231-234.


Author(s):  
Jesse D. Peplinski ◽  
Janet K. Allen ◽  
Farrokh Mistree

Abstract How can the manufacturability of different product design alternatives be evaluated efficiently during the early stages of concept exploration? The benefits of such integrated product and manufacturing process design are widely recognized and include faster time to market, reduced development costs and production costs, and increased product quality. To reap these benefits fully, however, one must examine product/process trade-offs and cost/schedule/performance trade-offs in the early stages of design. Evaluating production cost and lead time requires detailed simulation or other analysis packages which 1) would be computationally expensive to run for every alternative, and 2) require detailed information that may or may not be available in these early design stages. Our approach is to generate response surfaces that serve as approximations to the analyses packages and use these approximations to identify robust regions of the design space for further exploration. In this paper we present a method for robust product and process exploration and illustrate this method using a simplified example of a machining center processing a single component. We close by discussing the implications of this work for manufacturing outsourcing, designing robust supplier chains, and ultimately designing the manufacturing enterprise itself.


2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Anthony P. Keinath

Downy mildew of collard occurs frequently in the southeastern United States, and fungicides have become an essential part of economical control strategies for the disease. Fungicides were evaluated in 2007 and 2008 either alone or combined with a reduced rate (2 pt/acre) of potassium phosphite. Two formulations of potassium phosphite also were tested alone at the full rate (4 pt/acre). Presidio, Presidio plus Pro-Phyt (2007) or K-Phite (2008), K-Phite, Amistar plus ProPhyt, and Aliette reduced downy mildew severity at the final rating and also reduced AUDPC over the two years. Presidio plus potassium phosphite and Amistar plus ProPhyt increased the weight of healthy leaves and stems over the water control and also increased economic return calculated after fungicide and other production costs were subtracted from the crop value. The yields with Ranman, Sonata, and Presidio applied in combination with potassium phosphite were 16% greater than with the fungicides applied alone. Potassium phosphite may be useful in a tank-mix with other fungicides applied to collard to prevent yield loss to downy mildew. Accepted for publication 7 July 2010. Published 23 August 2010.


2000 ◽  
Vol 132 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary L. DeBarr ◽  
James L. Hanula ◽  
Christine G. Niwa ◽  
John C. Nord

AbstractSynthetic sex pheromones released in a loblolly pine, Pinus taeda L. (Pinaceae), seed orchard interfered with the ability of male coneworm moths, Dioryctria Zeller spp. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), to locate traps baited with sex pheromones or live females. Pherocon 1C® traps baited with synthetic pheromones or live conspecific females were hung near the center of two 1.2-ha circular plots during emergence of Dioryctria amatella (Hulst), Dioryctria disclusa (Heinrich), and Dioryctria merkeli (Mutuura and Munroe). In a paired design, trap catches for the mating-disruption treatment with synthetic pheromone dispensers consisting of three polyvinyl chloride rods placed in every tree were compared with the control treatment. Treatments were alternated at intervals of 2–3 d. Trap catches of D. amatella were reduced by 91% when plots were treated with 2.5 g/ha of Z-11-hexadencenyl acetate. Catches were reduced by 99.5% for D. disclusa and by 97% for D. merkeli when plots were treated with 12.5 g/ha of Z-9-tetradecenyl acetate, whereas catches of D. amatella were unaffected by this mating-disruption treatment. Daily disappearance of Z-9-tetradecenyl acetate from the dispensers averaged 0.46 g/ha or less. Manually placing dispensers on nylon lines in the tops of trees was an effective method for releasing synthetic Dioryctria pheromones in the orchard. These data suggest it may be feasible to prevent mating of Dioryctria spp. in pine seed orchards by using synthetic pheromones for mating disruption, but large-scale tests will be required to demonstrate cone protection.


Revista CERES ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Marcelo Chiamolera ◽  
Antonio Baldo Geraldo Martins ◽  
Pedro Luiz Martins Soares ◽  
Tatiana Pagan Loeiro da Cunha-Chiamolera

ABSTRACT Root-knot nematode Meloidogyne enterolobii is the main phytosanitary problem of guava cultivation in Brazil. Among the strategies to manage the problem, the best prospects are in identifying or developing cultivars or rootstocks that are resistant to this nematode. To identify plants with potential as rootstocks for guava, the reaction of araçá (wild guava) to M. enterolobii was assessed in a greenhouse experiment. Seven araçá species were evaluated (Eugenia stipitata, Psidium acutangulum, P. cattleyanum ‘yellow’, P. friedrichsthalianum, P. guajava var. minor, P. guineense, and Psidium sp.). The plants were inoculated with a suspension of 3,000 eggs of M. enterolobii, using eggplant as control treatment. The parameters fresh root mass, number of eggs and second stage juveniles (J2) per root system, the reproduction factor (RF = Pf/Pi), and araçá reaction were determined during the experiment. RF of the araçá species E. stipitata, P. cattleyanum ‘yellow’, and P. friedrichsthalianum was less than one (RP < 1), therefore resistant to M. enterolobii. The araçá trees had good root system development and the susceptible plants showed many root galls, high number of eggs and J2, and Fusarium solani and Rhizoctonia solani root rot. The araçá species, P. cattleyanum ‘yellow’, P. friedrichsthalianum, and E. stipitata are resistant to M. enterolobii and can be tested as potential guava rootstocks.


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