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Lifting and Handling Stresses Can Cause Shoot Dieback in Oak

O'Reilly, C. and Cabral, R. COFOR Connects, Reproductive Material No. 14. 4 p. 2008.

The annual cycle of dormancy and stress resistance and the impact of storage stresses on the quality and field performance of seedlings of both oak species were studied in a series of experiments conducted by UCD and Coillte (funded by COFORD, Coillte and the EU FAIR programme). Some of the key findings from these studies (Cabral and O’Reilly 2005; Cabral 2007), especially as they pertain to operational forestry in Ireland, are summarised in this note. Most of the information presented is based on the results for pedunculate oak. Both species are similar, but peduculate oak tends to become more deeply dormant than sessile oak.


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Author(s): Conor O'Reilly, R. Cabral

Section: Seedling Physiology and Morphology