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A variety of physiological and morphological characteristics of container grown southern pine seedlings were measured at the time of outplanting and then related to field performance. The variables measured included: needle chlorophyll content, degree of mycorrhizal inoculation, biochemical constituents, seedling height and stem diameter, dry weight of roots and shoots, and shoot/root ratios. Although many of the variables were significantly correlated to one another, seedling heights were most positively related to growth in the field. Most of the characteristics measured could not be closely related to field survival, because survival was unusually high. Cultural treatments applied during the greenhouse growing period affected both initial seedling development and field performance.
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Barnett, J.P. (1984). Relating Seedling Physiology to Survival and Growth in Container-Grown Southern Pines. In: Duryea, M.L., Brown, G.N. (eds) Seedling physiology and reforestation success. Forestry Sciences, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6137-1_8
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