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Growth and Tissue Nutrient Responses of Fraxinus rhynchophylla, Fraxinus mandshurica, Pinus koraiensis, and Abies holophylla Seedlings Fertilized with Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium at a Nursery Culture  

Park, Byung-Bae (Division of Forest Ecology, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Byun, Jae-Kyung (Division of Forest Restoration, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Kim, Woo-Sung (Division of Forest Ecology, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Sung, Joo-Han (Division of Forest Ecology, Korea Forest Research Institute)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.99, no.1, 2010 , pp. 85-95 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to quantitatively measure both growth performances and nutrient responses of Fraxinus rhynchophylla, Fraxinus mandshurica, Pinus koraiensis, and Abies holophylla seedlings, which are commercially planted in Korea, to nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium fertilization. We used Dickson's quality index (QI) to compare growth performances and vector diagnosis to interpret nutrient status. Nitrogen fertilization increased more height and root collar diameter growth in F. rhynchophylla and F. mandshurica relative to no fertilization treatment. The QI of F. rhynchophylla and F. mandshurica was the highest on N treatment, but there were no significant differences between treatments for P. koraiensis and A. holophylla. Nitrogen fertilization increased total dry weight by 43, 41, 26, -9% for F. rhynchophylla, F. mandshurica, P. koraiensis and A. holophylla, respectively. In F. rhynchophylla, N fertilization increased N contents with similar N concentrations ("sufficiency"), decreased both P concentrations and P contents ("antagonism"), and decreased K contents with similar K concentrations ("toxic accumulation"). In P. koraiensis, N fertilization decreased N, P, and K concentrations because of more dry weight increases compared to uptaken contents ("dilution"), but N fertilization decreased N, P, and K contents with similar N, P, and K concentrations ("toxic accumulation"). In the light of quality index and vector diagnosis, F. rhynchophylla and F. mandshurica seedlings treated with N fertilization would have high field performance.
Keywords
Dickson's quality index; fertilization; growth performance; nursery culture; vector diagnosis;
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