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2010 Winter Forest Nursery Notes - New Nursery Literature

Soil Management & Growing Media

© Migration of heavy metals in soil as influenced by compost amendments

Farrell, M., Perkins, W. T., Hobbs, P. J., Griffith, G. W., and Jones, D. L. Environmental Pollution 158:55-64. 2010.

Physico-chemical changes in bauxite residue following application of spent mushroom compost and gypsum

Courtney, R. G., Jordan, S. N., and Harrington, T. Land Degradation and Development 20:572-581. 2009.

Research and development of potting media in Australia

Nichols, D. International Plant Propagators' Society, combined proceedings, 2008, 58:96-100. 2009.

A suitable substrate alternative

Jackson, B. E. American Nurseryman 209(9):28 - 30, 32 - 33. 2009.

Use of switchgrass as a nursery container substrate

Altland, J. E. and Krause, C. HortScience 44(7):1861-1865. 2009.

Tropical Forestry & Agroforestry

© Amending soils with hydrogels increases the biomass of nine tree species under non-water stress conditions

Orikiriza, L. J. B., Agaba, H., Tweheyo, M., and Ellu, G. Clean 37(8):615-620. 2009.

© Love of nurse plants is not enough for restoring oak forests in a seasonally dry tropical environment

Badano, E. I., Perez, D., and Vergara, C. H. Restoration Ecology 17(5):571-576. 2009.

© Physiological and morphological responses of young mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) plants to drought

Cordeiro, Y. E. M., Pinheiro, H. A., dos Santos Filho, B. G., and Correa, S. S. Forest Ecology and Management 258:1449-1455. 2009.

Potential of the seedling community of a forest fragment for tropical forest restoration

Viani, R. A. G. and Rodrigues, R. R. Scientia Agricola (Piracicaba, Braz.) 66(6):772-779. 2009.

© Predicting field performance of five irrigated tree species using seedling quality assessment in Burkina Faso, West Africa

Bayala, J., Dianda, M., Wison, J., Ouedraogo, S. J., and Sanon, K. New Forests 38:309-322. 2009.

Vegetative Propagation and Tissue Culture

Hybrid pines: opportunities for life on the edge

Hargreaves, C., Sibley, M., Menzies, M., Dungey, H., and van Ballekom, S. International Plant Propagators' Society, combined proceedings, 2008, 58:162-167. 2009.

Lightweight aggregate HydRocks: a novel approach to rooting and bare root cuttings

Pickens, J. M., Sibley, J. L., Gilliam, C. H., and Fain, G. B. International Plant Propagators' Society, combined proceedings, 2008, 58:573-577. 2009.

Propagate plants from cuttings using dry-dip rooting powders and water-based rooting solutions

Kroin, J. International Plant Propagators' Society, combined proceedings, 2008, 58:360-372. 11682.

© Seasonal fluctuation of root carbohydrates in hybrid aspen clones and its relationship to the sprouting efficiency of root cuttings

Stenvall, N., Piisila, M., and Pulkkinen, P. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39:1531-1537. 2009.

Vegetative propagation of old growth conifers

Werner, B. International Plant Propagators' Society, combined proceedings, 2008, 58:317-322. 2009.

Water Management

Container-grown ornamental plant growth and water runoff nutrient content and volume under four irrigation treatments

Warsaw, A. L., Fernandez, R. T., Cregg, B. M., and Andresen, J. A. HortScience 44(6):1573-1580. 2009.

Control of pathogens in irrigation water using chlorine without injury to plants

Zheng, Y., Cayanan, D. F., and Dixon, M. International Plant Propagators' Society, combined proceedings, 2008, 58:248-249. 2009.

Is it time to water? Wireless soil moisture monitors provide the answer

Davies, M. A. and Etter, T. R. USDA Forest Service, Technology and Development Program, Tech Tips, 0924-2316. 6 p. 2009.

Nurseries surveyed in southern California adopt best practices for water quality

Mangiafico, S. S., Newman, J., Mochizuki, M., and Zurawski, J. California Agriculture 64(1):26-30. 2010.