The effect of genotype on biomass and nutrient content in 11-year-old loblolly pine plantations

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. E. Pope
Keyword(s):  
Loblolly Pine ◽  
Plant Biomass ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Seed Source ◽  
Elemental Content ◽  
Total N ◽  
Seed Sources ◽  
Hilly Region

Dry weights and nutrient contents of all aboveground biomass components were estimated for four seed sources of 11-year-old loblolly pine (Pinustaeda L.) grown in plantations of the same spacing on an old-field site of high quality in the hilly region of north-central Arkansas, U.S.A. Soil nutrient content was estimated to a depth of 0.61 m. Stand data averaged over all seeds sources are in agreement with published reports for dry weight and nutrient accumulation for loblolly pine if differences associated with seasonal variation are considered. Seed source significantly affected total dry matter and nutrient accumulations. Estimated total aboveground mean annual accumulation of biomass for the four seed sources ranged from 5.99 × 103 to 11.17 × 103 kg/ha per year. Elemental accumulation (kilograms per hectare per year) ranged from 14.06 to 23.66 for N, 1.54 to 3.45 for P, and 6.96 to 18.43 for K. On the average, trees comprise 84% of the aboveground plant biomass and contain 76% of the N, 77% of the P, and 90%, of the K associated with plant tissue. The significant influence of seed source on these stand values can affect the potential impact of short rotation, total tree harvesting on long-term site productivity. The elemental content of the tree biomass ranged from 7 to 11% of the total N, 20 to 35% of the P, and 14 to 30% of the K in the soil–litter–plant system.

Nutrient Content of the Aboveground Tissue of 12-week-old Loblolly Pine Intraprovenance and Interprovenance Crosses

1975 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 592-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Woessner ◽  
C. B. Davey ◽  
B. E. Crabtree ◽  
J. D. Gregory
Keyword(s):  
Loblolly Pine ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Seed Source ◽  
Good Linear ◽  
Available Nutrients ◽  
Seed Sources ◽  
Linear Relationships ◽  
Aboveground Tissue

Nutrient content (P, K, Ca, Mg) of the aboveground tissue of a series of full-sib loblolly crosses was found to vary by genotype. Variability among and within seed sources is indicated for the ability to absorb Ca and Mg. Absorption of P and K was not found to be dependent on seed source, but the full-sib crosses differ. Good linear relationships were found between plant dry weight and weight of element but not between plant dry weight and percentage of element. Certain highly efficient crosses can be expected to be good producers of dry matter on sites low in available nutrients.

Growth and Wood Properties in a Carolina Sandhills Pine Seed Source Study

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 164-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. B. Jett ◽  
W. M. Guiness
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Specific Gravity ◽  
Loblolly Pine ◽  
Wood Quality ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Wood Properties ◽  
Seed Source ◽  
Growing Seasons ◽  
Seed Sources ◽  
Excellent Growth

Abstract Eight pine sources were planted on a sandhills site in South Carolina. Total height, dbh, wood specific gravity, tracheid length, and fusiform rust (Cronartium quercum [Berk.] Miyabe ex. Shirai f. sp. fusiforme) infection were evaluated following 17 growing seasons. The Choctawhatcheesource of sand pine (Pinus clausa [Chapm.] Vasey) is apparently well adapted to the deep sands of the Carolina sandhills and exhibited superior height and diameter growth to slash pine, two local sources of loblolly pine (P. taeda L.), and two sources of Virginia pine (P. virginiana Mill.). A combination of excellent growth and reasonable survival resulted in significantly more cubic foot volume per acre than the other seed sources or species included in this study. Despite having the lowest weighted specific gravity of all sources in this planting, the Choctawhatchee sand pineproduced more than twice as much dry weight per acre than any other source. A single open-pollinated family of drought-hardy loblolly pine from Bastrop County, TX, displayed excellent growth, survival, rust resistance, and wood quality. Its performance warrants a more careful and wider evaluationof this seed source for use on these difficult sandhills sites in the Carolinas. South. J. Appl. For. 16(4):164-169

scholarly journals Soil Nutrient Dynamics and Nitrogen Fixation Rate Changes over Plant Growth in Temperate Soil

Agronomy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ágota Horel ◽  
Györgyi Gelybó ◽  
Imre Potyó ◽  
Klára Pokovai ◽  
Zsófia Bakacsi
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Fixation ◽  
Nutrient Dynamics ◽  
Plant Biomass ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Initial Increase ◽  
Pepper Plant ◽  
Plant Interactions ◽  
Fixation Rate ◽  
Total N ◽  
Fiber Sludge

Research on the use of soil enhancer materials such as biochar from soil chemical perspective still provide differing results; therefore, investigations focusing on soil-biochar-plant interactions are still necessary to constrain our understanding of complex biochar effects. The present study investigated the changes in biological nitrogen fixation rates (BNF) and overall nutrient dynamics (NO3−, NH4+, total N, K2O, and P2O5) during the growth of Capsicum annuum (pepper) in pot experiments amended with biochar made of paper fiber sludge and grain husk. Four treatments were studied with 0, 0.5%, 2.5%, and 5.0% (by weight) added biochar (BC) amount to temperate silt loam soil. Peppers were planted at 2–4 leave stages and grown for the duration of 12.5 weeks. Our results showed that total nitrogen had relatively small changes in all treatments over time compared to the dynamic changes observed in the case of inorganic nutrients. NO3−-N and NH4+-N abundances presented a continuous decrease during the course of the study after an initial increase. The pepper plant facilitated the BNF rates to triple in the control soils, while plants were in the growing phase (weeks 1–6), which further increased an additional 61% by harvesting (week 12). A high amount of biochar addition suppressed potential BNF rates of the investigated soil, indicating its potentially negative effects on soil indigenous microbial communities if added in excess. We also found a plateau in plant biomass production that after reaching an optimal (2.5%) biochar amendment in the soils, and excess biochar addition did not result in significant changes in the soils’ pH to achieve better nutrient (potassium, nitrogen, phosphorous) use or crop growth.

scholarly journals Soil Nutrient Content Influences the Abundance of Soil Microbes but Not Plant Biomass at the Small-Scale

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. e91998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kadri Koorem ◽  
Antonio Gazol ◽  
Maarja Öpik ◽  
Mari Moora ◽  
Ülle Saks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Microbes ◽  
Plant Biomass ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Soil Nutrient Content

Study on Spatial Distribution of Soil Nutrients and Comprehensive Evaluation of Nutrients in Low Mountain-Hilly Region of Sichuan Province, China

2013 ◽  
Vol 295-298 ◽  
pp. 2544-2548
Author(s):  
Jiu Jin Xiao ◽  
Hong Xing Ma ◽  
Chuang Tai Lu
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Agricultural Soils ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Available Phosphorus ◽  
Nutrient Distribution ◽  
Available Nitrogen ◽  
Total N ◽  
Hilly Region

It is generally accepted that to overuse fertilize can led to cause fertilize resource waste, increase agriculture production cost, reducing the quality of agricultural products, and cause agricultural non-point source pollution. Determining soil nutrient distribution is critical to identify sites which are at risk of N, P and K nutrition loading. In order to know the soil nutrition spatial distribution and to determine agricultural rational fertilization, a total of 98 soil samples from the plow layer (0-20 cm) were collected in low mountain-hilly region of Sichuan Province, China. Spatial variability and distribution of soil organic matter (SOM), total N (TN), available nitrogen (AN), available phosphorus (AP) and available potassium (AK) in agricultural soils were studied using geographic information system (GIS) software. And the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) was used to determine the weight of indexes by using quantitative analysis.

Effect of density of Tephrosia candida stands on soil characteristics

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiyang Lie ◽  
Zhuomin Wang ◽  
Li Xue
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Soil Organic Matter ◽  
Ph Value ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Stand Density ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Total N ◽  
One Year ◽  
Tephrosia Candida ◽  
Total P

With one-year-old Tephrosia candida trees as experimental material, influence of stand density on soil nutrient content and enzyme activity was studied. The results showed that density had little influenced on pH value in 2, 4 and 8 trees m2 stands. The contents of soil organic matter, effective nitrogen and effective phosphorus significantly increased in 2 trees m2 stands. The contents of soil organic matter and effective nitrogen significantly increased, whereas total N, total P, total K, effective N, effective P and effective K significantly decreased in 4 trees/m2 stand. Soil organic matter and nutrients except for total P significantly decreased in 8 trees m2 stand. Among the three density stands, the activities of urease, catalase and phosphatase were the lowest in 8 trees m2 stand.

Retrospective shoot growth analysis for three seed sources of loblolly pine

1991 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 306-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constance A. Harrington
Keyword(s):  
Loblolly Pine ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Seed Source ◽  
Tree Age ◽  
Annual Number ◽  
Cumulative Number ◽  
Stem Analysis ◽  
Seed Sources ◽  
Number Of Cycles

Height growth by year and by individual cycle on the terminal shoot was reconstructed from stem analysis for 45 loblolly pine (Pinustaeda L.) trees that were 35 years old. Sample trees represented three seed sources (Clark County, AR; Livingston Parish, LA; and Onslow County, NC), each of which had been planted at three installations (Arkadelphia, AR; Poplarville, MS; and New Bern, NC) located in the general geographic area where one of the seed sources had been collected. Stem analysis was facilitated by the development of a staining technique that enhanced recognition of the boundaries between individual height-growth cycles and between years. Both annual height growth and number of cycles produced varied with tree age, seed source, and installation. Number of cycles produced per year ranged from two to seven; maximum annual production of cycles per seed source was achieved between ages 3 and 10 years. Even between ages 30 and 35, trees still exhibited polycyclic behavior, producing two to five cycles annually. Annual height growth was greatest between ages 4 and 15; height growth declined with age more rapidly than annual number of cycles. The relationship at each installation between cumulative height and cumulative number of cycles showed that the tallest seed source (Onslow in all cases) was the one that had produced the greatest number of cycles. Shorter trees at the poorest site resulted from lower numbers of cycles produced and, particularly after the production of 50 to 65 cycles, shorter mean cycle length. For all three seed sources, mean height was greatest at the installation where the trees produced the most cycles. Height-growth curves for two of the installations crossed, demonstrating differences in height-growth patterns related to site characteristics.

Seed Source Variation in Medicinal Tree – Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Neem)

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-138
Author(s):  
U. Parmar ◽  
Bimal Desai ◽  
J. Chavda ◽  
M. Tandel ◽  
S. Jha
Keyword(s):  
Azadirachta Indica ◽  
Seedling Survival ◽  
Tree Height ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Seed Source ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Statistical Tool ◽  
Medicinal Tree ◽  
Trunk Diameter ◽  
Seed Sources

Azadirachta indica A. Juss. is a well known medicinal plant with various therapeutic uses. It cures numbers of human as well as animal ailments and it has been used in our ancient systems of medicine. A present study was laid out at Model Nursery on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, ACHF, NAU, Navsari (AES Zone III) during the July, 2012 to February, 2013. Seeds were collected from the 4 various geographical locations and 10 places Viz. Central Gujarat 02 (Dahod and Kheda), South Gujarat 04 (Vyara, Netrang, Rajpipla and Navsari), North Gujarat 02 (Palanpur and Modasa) and Saurashtra 02 (Amreli and Junagadh) and each districts treated as separate treatment. An investigation was laid out under the CRD as statistical tool. The seed sources of Amreli district was found best for the tree height (23.47 cm), tree trunk diameter (2.55 m), seed diameter (5.02 mm), seed length (20.53 cm), 100 seed weight (24.49 gm) and azadirachtin content (34.33 %). Similarly, seed source of Kheda district showed better response for fresh weight of seedling (17.80 g), dry weight of seedling (6.31 g), germination percentage (85.55 %), seedling survival percentage (81.55 %), root length (14.53 cm) and collar diameter (0.36 mm). However, seed source of Palanpur district was superior over the other seed sources in context to maximum shoot length (26.16 cm) and number of leaves per seedling (24.87). Hence, it can be concluded that the seeds source from different location were shown better performance in context to various morphological character.

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