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Home → Publications → Tree Planters' Notes → Tree Planters' Notes Issue 52 (1962) → The Effects of Fumigation, Fertilization, and Sawdust on Production and Quality of Loblolly Pine Seedlings in North Louisiana

The Effects of Fumigation, Fertilization, and Sawdust on Production and Quality of Loblolly Pine Seedlings in North Louisiana

The production of pine seedlings in forest nurseries is a vital part of the forest economy of North Central Louisiana. Large acreages of open land are still to be planted, and recent trends in forest management point to the feasibility of regenerating existing forest stands by the planting of nursery grown seedlings. The Northwest Nursery of the Louisiana Forestry Commission annually produces some 20 million seedlings which are planted throughout the area. In addition, seedling production in recent years in other State and private nurseries in Louisiana has been approximately 120 million seedlings annually. Since the production of forest tree seedlings requires intensive and expensive soil management practices, there are many problems which need to be solved in order to facilitate this production in an economical fashion.


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Author(s): Thomas Hansbrough, R. G. Merrifield, R. R. Foil

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 52 (1962)