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Correlation of Growth Performance with Total Nitrogen, Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Compositions in the Xylem of Pinus koraiensis  

Lee, Wi-Young (Division of Forest Biotechnology, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Park, Eung-Jun (Division of Forest Biotechnology, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Han, Sang-Urk (Division of Forest Resources, Korea Forest Research Institute)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.99, no.3, 2010 , pp. 353-358 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we investigated the relationship of tree-ring growth with total nitrogen content, and stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes from the core samples of Pinus koraiensis (35-year-old). Annual ring width showed significant positive correlations with the ${\delta}^{13}C$ (P=0.003). The total nitrogen content (P=0.024), and the ${\delta}^{13}C$ content was also correlated with total nitrogen content (P=0.038), indicating that the growth of P. koraiensis was stimulated as the contents of both ${\delta}^{13}C$ and total nitrogen were increased. On the other hand, the less the ${\delta}^{15}N$ content and the C/N ratio were, the larger the annual ring width was. Moreover the families with relatively better growth performance contained the higher levels of ${\delta}^{13}C$ in the xylem compared to other families. These results suggest that the ${\delta}^{13}C$ and total nitrogen contents are the important determinants in the growth performance of P. koraiensis.
Keywords
Pinus koraiensis; ${\delta}^{13}C$; ${\delta}^{15}N$; tree ring; isotope compositions;
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