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Fertilization of an Eight-year-old Slash Pine Plantation Thinned for Seed Production

In 1968, Buckeye established a 300-acre slash pine(P. elliottii Englm.) seedling seed orchard. To provide an interim seed supply, a nearby eight-year-old slash plantation was converted to a seed production area. A fertilization experiment was initiated in the thinned stand to set up flower induction guidelines for later operational use.


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Author(s): John E. Morris

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1969