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Taller Loblolly Pine Seedlings Grow Faster in a Texas Plantation

Do large seedlings grow faster and survive better than those of medium and small size? Much research has dealt with this subject, but there seems to be no clear conclusions. Several studies conducted with southern pines indicate that the larger seedlings had the best height growth (1, 14, 13, 3, 10). Similar results were also reported by several authors studying red pine (5, 9, 4). In contrast, Ellersten (6) and Fougler (8), working with southern pines, and other researchers (7), (2), (11), (12), with pines in other regions of the United States, concluded that differences in height growth were not significant, or that such differences were of no practical consequence.


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Author(s): Ellis V. Hunt, Jr., Gary Gilmore

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 18, Number 2 (1967)

Volume: 18

Number: 2