scholarly journals Cutting Back Stock Plants Promotes Adventitious Rooting of Stems of Quercus bicolor and Quercus macrocarpa

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Naalamle Amissah ◽  
Nina Bassuk
Keyword(s):  
Adventitious Rooting ◽  
Stem Cuttings ◽  
Stock Plant ◽  
White Oak ◽  
Quercus Macrocarpa ◽  
Intact Plants ◽  
Plant Group ◽  
Bur Oak ◽  
Quercus Bicolor ◽  
Swamp White Oak

Abstract Studies were conducted to investigate the severity of cutting back stock plants on adventitious rooting of layered stems and stem cuttings of Quercus bicolor Willd. (swamp white oak) and Quercus macrocarpa Michx. (bur oak). Rooting averaged 77% in Q. bicolor and 70% in Q. macrocarpa layered stems from the cutback stock plant group, compared to air layered stems from intact plants which averaged 1% in Q. bicolor and 0% in Q. macrocarpa. In another experiment cuttings were taken from three stock plant heights [4 cm (1.6 in), or 100 cm (39.4 in) stumps and intact plants ∼ 170 cm (66.9 in)] which were either etiolated or grown in natural light and rooted under mist. The best rooting (59%) and average number of roots (9.3) were found in etiolated Q. bicolor cuttings taken from 4 cm (1.6 in) stumps. Q. macrocarpa cuttings rooted poorly with only 7% of the cuttings rooting. By taking cuttings a week earlier for rooting (2 weeks, at the softwood stage), rooting in Q. macrocarpa was possible, with the best rooting (46%) found in etiolated cuttings taken from 4 cm (1.6 in) stumps. Overall, the highest rooting and greatest number of roots occurred in etiolated layers and cuttings from the 4 cm cutback group. Rooting generally increased with increasing extent of stock plant cutback

scholarly journals SEVERE CUTBACK OF STOCK PLANT INFLUENCES ROOTING IN SHOOT OF QUERCUS BICOLOR AND QUERCUS MACROCARPA

HortScience ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 491E-492
Author(s):  
Naalamle Amissah ◽  
Nina Bassuk
Keyword(s):  
Stock Plant ◽  
Quercus Macrocarpa ◽  
Intact Plants ◽  
Quercus Bicolor ◽  
Soil Level

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of severe stock plant cutback on rooting in two oak species Quercus bicolor and Quercus macrocarpa using two propagation systems, layering and cuttings. In experiment 1, field grown plants were either cutback leaving a 0.04 m (1.6 in.) stump above soil level or left intact (not cutback) ≈1.7 m (66.9 inches) tall. Shoots arising from cutback treatments and intact plants were layered using a field layering technique and air layering respectively. Results showed significantly higher (p < 0.01) rooting percentages in layered propagules arising from severely cutback plants in both species [≈77% in Quercus bicolor and ≈70% inQuercus macrocarpa] compared with air layered shoots arising from intact plants [1% in Quercus bicolor and 0% in Quercus macrocarpa]. In experiment 2, shoots arising from three stock plant heights (severely cutback 0.04 m, cutback 1 m and intact ≈1.7 m plants) were either etiolated or grown in full light and cuttings rooted in a perlite medium under mist. Of the two species studied, propagule position was found to have no significant effect on rooting in Quercus macrocarpa cuttings, but significantly (p < 0.0001) influenced rooting in Quercus bicolor. Rooting was highest 59.3% in cuttings taken from cutback-etiolated stock plants. Comparing just the three cutback levels, rooting was highest (45.2%) in cuttings arising from 0.04 m stumps followed by those from 1 m stumps 7.5% and lastly intact plants 3.8%. The best rooting results were observed in shoots arising from severely cutback stock plants (0.04 m) using the field layering technique.

Comparing the Missouri Gravel Bed and a Wood Chip Production Method for Tree Growth

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelby Fite ◽  
Liza Holmes ◽  
Elden LeBrun
Keyword(s):  
Wood Chip ◽  
Production Method ◽  
White Oak ◽  
Gravel Bed ◽  
System A ◽  
Nursery Production ◽  
Quercus Bicolor ◽  
Root Stock ◽  
Swamp White Oak ◽  
Bare Root

Tree root defects from current nursery production practices influence short- and long-term tree performance and survivability. The Missouri Gravel Bed (MGB) system, a production method using gravel as a substrate, has been used to prevent many of these defects from occurring. MGB production involves planting bare root stock into a bed of gravel with frequent drip irrigation in order to produce a root system with relatively few defects. MGB production methods have also been purported to allow for summer transplanting of many species, as opposed to traditional dormant transplanting.Because gravel has low water- and nutrient-holding capacity, biochar (5% by volume) was incorporated into one plot as a possible means of improving both water- and nutrient-holding capacity over gravel alone. Wood chip mulch was also investigated as a growing substrate in place of the gravel in a growing system. In 2015, three species, Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), Taxodium distichum (baldcypress), and Tilia cordata (littleleaf linden), were studied in pea gravel (PG), biochar-amended pea gravel (BC), and wood chip mulch bed (MB) growing environments. Very few differences occurred over the growing season with above- or belowground parameters indicating that the minimal-to-no-cost, more readily available substrate of wood chip mulch should be considered in these growing systems.

scholarly journals Stock Plant Nutrition Influences the Adventitious Rooting of ‘Rotundifolia’ Holly Stem Cuttings

1991 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-85
Author(s):  
William H. Rein ◽  
Robert D. Wright ◽  
Dale D. Wolf
Keyword(s):  
Adventitious Rooting ◽  
Stem Cuttings ◽  
Stock Plant ◽  
Fertilizer Rate ◽  
Percent Moisture ◽  
Growth Activity ◽  
Phosphorus And Potassium ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Fertilizer Rates ◽  
Treatment Design

Abstract Containerized stock plants of Ilex crenata Thunb. ‘Rotundifolia’ were liquid-fertilized at least three times per week with nitrogen (N) at five rates (25, 50, 100,200, and 300 mg N/l) and in two forms (100% NH4NO3 or 50% NH4NO3 + 50% urea) in a factorial treatment design. Phosphorus and potassium were included in a constant ratio with N (100 N:15 P:50 K). Leaf and stem percent N levels were suboptimal at the lowest fertilizer rate and excessive at the highest fertilizer rate. Percent rooting of stem cuttings decreased linearly with fertilizer rate. With increasing fertilizer rates, total nonstructural carbohydrate (TNC) levels increased in leaves and remained constant in stems. Stem cutting percent moisture increased and was highly correlated with fertilizer rate. The form of N applied made no statistical difference in these trends. The decrease in percent rooting with increasing fertilizer rates was attributed to increases in shoot growth activity and decreased tissue maturation.

scholarly journals Adventitious Root Formation in Stem Cuttings of Quercus bicolor and Quercus macrocarpa and Its Relationship to Stem Anatomy

2008 ◽  
Vol 133 (4) ◽  
pp. 479-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Naalamle Amissah ◽  
Dominick J. Paolillo ◽  
Nina Bassuk
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Growth ◽  
Adventitious Root Formation ◽  
Fiber Bundles ◽  
Vascular Bundles ◽  
Stem Cuttings ◽  
Root Primordia ◽  
Stem Anatomy ◽  
Indole Butyric Acid ◽  
Quercus Macrocarpa ◽  
Quercus Bicolor

This study investigated the relationship of stem anatomy to differences in rooting ability between Quercus bicolor Wild. and Quercus macrocarpa Michx. cuttings. Quercus bicolor cuttings were found to have a significantly greater proportion of parenchymatous gaps in the sclerenchyma sheath over a 9-week period compared with Q. macrocarpa cuttings. In Q. macrocarpa, the percentage gap was generally low, coinciding with the low percentage rooting observed in this species. Percentage rooting correlated well (r2 = 0.75) with the percentage parenchymatous gap in the perivascular region of Q. bicolor cuttings. The problems with accepting this relationship as causal are stated in the discussion. Untreated cuttings showed normal stem organization: a dermal tissue system that included the initial stages of phellem formation, a cortex, and a ring of closely arranged vascular bundles in early stages of secondary growth. The locations of the five distinct lobes of the pith were coordinated with the locations of root primordia. Callus growth was first detected in the cortex (i.e., external to the fiber bundles), followed by proliferation within the phloem, opposite the lobes of the pith, 8 to 12 days after cuttings were treated with indole butyric acid (6000 mg·L−1 dissolved in 50% v/v ethanol in water). By 14 to 16 days, root primordia had developed within the proliferative tissue in the secondary phloem. In both species, root primordia penetrated parenchymatous gaps in the fiber sheath directly, the fiber bundles being displaced laterally as the roots increased in size.

Early responses of sapwood of Quercus bicolor to mechanical injury

1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 683-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. Wardell ◽  
J. H. Hart
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Injury ◽  
Annual Rings ◽  
Triphenyl Tetrazolium Chloride ◽  
White Oak ◽  
Tetrazolium Chloride ◽  
Starch Grains ◽  
Quercus Bicolor ◽  
Swamp White Oak ◽  
Ray Parenchyma Cells ◽  
Extraneous Material

The response of sapwood of swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor Willd.) to mechanical injury was studied over a 28-day period. In cells within 0.5 cm of a wound stimulus, starch grains disappeared and cells were unable to reduce the vital stain, triphenyl tetrazolium chloride (TTC), 8 to 10 days after mechanical injury. Extraneous material and tannins began to accumulate 10 to 12 days after mechanical injury. Nuclei began to disintegrate 12 to 14 days after mechanical injury, but some persisted throughout the period of investigation.With increasing distance from the cambium, starch grains disappeared from ray parenchyma. Cells in the annual rings of sapwood adjacent to the heartwood were unable to reduce TTC. Nuclei were present in all annual rings of sapwood but were lacking in heartwood. Tannins appeared at the heartwood boundary and accumulated in the heartwood.With respect to the criteria used, this investigation indicates that formation of discoloration in sapwood and conversion of sapwood to heartwood appear similar.

The association of two invasive shrubs, common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) and Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica), with oak communities in the midwestern United States

2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (10) ◽  
pp. 1981-1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa A. Schulte ◽  
Erik C. Mottl ◽  
Brian J. Palik
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Oak Forests ◽  
Quercus Alba ◽  
Forest Edges ◽  
Rhamnus Cathartica ◽  
White Oak ◽  
Midwestern United States ◽  
Quercus Macrocarpa ◽  
Bur Oak

Oak forests throughout North America are declining due to changes in disturbance regimes that have led to increased competition from other tree and shrub species. We evaluated associations between oak regeneration, the occurrence of two common invasive shrubs (common buckthorn ( Rhamnus cathartica L.) and Tartarian honeysuckle ( Lonicera tatarica L.)), and forest edges in oak forests in a portion of the midwestern United States where bur ( Quercus macrocarpa Michx.), red ( Quercus rubra L.), and white oak ( Quercus alba L.) were historically dominant. We found poor recruitment of oaks in comparison to other, more shade-tolerant tree species. Results further revealed a strong stand-scale association between bur oak, open canopy conditions, high soil nutrient levels, and the presence of common buckthorn and Tartarian honeysuckle; these same site characteristics were disassociated with red and white oak. Within red and white oak stands, however, the presence of the invasive shrubs was more pronounced near forest edges. While oak recruitment is hampered throughout stands, our research suggests that predominant constraints may vary based on soil and light gradients found along forest edges.

scholarly journals Propagation Medium Moisture Level Influences Adventitious Rooting of Woody Stem Cuttings

1991 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
pp. 632-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. Rein ◽  
Robert D. Wright ◽  
John R. Seiler
Keyword(s):  
Water Uptake ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Adventitious Rooting ◽  
Moisture Level ◽  
Stem Cuttings ◽  
Stock Plant ◽  
Xylem Water Potential ◽  
Basal Rot ◽  
Species Incidence ◽  
Propagation Medium

Stem cuttings of Blue Rug juniper (Juniperus horizontalis Moench `Wiltonii'), `Hino-Crimson' azalea [Rhododendron (Lindl.) P1anch `Hino-Crimson'], and `Helleri' holly (Ilex crenata Thunb. `Helleri') were propagated in 1 peat: 1 perlite (v/v) at one of five moisture levels based on medium dry weight (125%, 250%, 375%, 500%, or 625%). Cutting survival and percentage of rooted cuttings were highest at the highest medium moisture level in all three species. Incidence of cutting basal rot was not directly related to medium moisture level, but more to the growth stage of the stock plant. Midday xylem water potential (ψ) of cuttings for each species was highest in the wettest propagation medium and lowest in the driest medium. During propagation, stem cutting ψ below - 2.0 MPa occurred even in the wettest medium tested, and frequently reached - 4.0 MPa in cuttings in the driest treatment (125%). Basal water uptake by cuttings was highest in the wettest medium moisture level. Water uptake was highest during the first few days after insertion, and thereafter decreased until root emergence.

QUERCUS BICOLOR, SWAMP WHITE OAK

2014 ◽  
pp. 1307-1308
Author(s):  
Henry John Elwes ◽  
Augustine Henry
Keyword(s):  
White Oak ◽  
Quercus Bicolor ◽  
Swamp White Oak

scholarly journals The Effects of Pruning on Drag and Bending Moment of Shade Trees

2008 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 207-215
Author(s):  
Michael Pavlis ◽  
Brian Kane ◽  
J. Roger Harris ◽  
John Seiler
Keyword(s):  
Center Of Pressure ◽  
Bending Moment ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Shade Trees ◽  
White Oak ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quercus Bicolor ◽  
Swamp White Oak ◽  
Simulated Wind

Arborists assume that pruning can help reduce the risk of tree failure by reducing the pressure exerted on trunks by wind (drag-induced bending moment), but there are few studies that quantify this effect. We simulated wind by driving trees in the back of a pickup truck from 0 to 24.5 m/s (0 to 55 mph) and measured drag-induced bending moment as well as tree morphometric data for Freeman maple (Acer × freemanii), swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor Willd.), and shingle oak (Quercus imbricaria Michx.). Measurements were taken before and after application of one of three American National Standards Institute A300 pruning types (raising, reduction pruning, thinning). Reduction of drag-induced bending moment differed by pruning type, largely in accordance with the mass of foliage and twigs removed. The effectiveness of pruning types was also species-dependent because crown architecture affected how much mass each pruning type removed. In general, per unit of mass removed, reduction pruning more effectively reduced the drag-induced bending moment than thinning or raising. Reduction pruning reduced the center of pressure height and, presumably, increased crown porosity after pruning. Prediction of the reduction of drag-induced bending moment was not reliable based on reduction in crown area after pruning. We discuss the practical applications of our findings.

scholarly journals Screening Oak Hybrids for Tolerance to Alkaline Soils

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
Bryan R. Denig ◽  
Patrick F. Macrae ◽  
Xian Gao ◽  
Nina L. Bassuk
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Medium ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
Alkaline Soil ◽  
Alkaline Soils ◽  
White Oak ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Leaf Chlorosis ◽  
Bur Oak ◽  
Swamp White Oak ◽  
Cold Hardy

This study evaluated a diverse range of oak (Quercus) hybrids for tolerance to alkaline soils, which is a common site condition in urban landscapes that often limits the growth and longevity of many tree species. Different oak hybrids display varying severities of iron-deficiency induced leaf chlorosis when grown in a highly alkaline medium. Severity of leaf chlorosis was found to vary between different maternal parent species, with the results suggesting that hybrids with the maternal parents Q. macrocarpa (bur oak), possibly Q. muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak), and Q. ‘Ooti’ (ooti oak), are more likely to maintain healthy green leaf color when growing in a highly alkaline medium. These findings suggest that breeders interested in developing oak hybrids that are both cold-hardy and tolerant of alkaline soils should utilize these species in their crosses, and avoid Q. bicolor (swamp white oak), hybrids of which were generally found to be intolerant of alkaline soil. This study is one phase of a long-term project underway at Cornell University's Urban Horticulture Institute to select superior urban-tolerant cultivars of oak hybrids for future introduction into the horticulture industry.

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