Effects of fertilization with diammonium phosphate on growth and foliar N and P concentrations of 1-0 Quercus alba seedlings were evaluated one year after planting and fertilization. Soil P tests were made by three methods: dilute acid extractable P (Mehlich), acid flouride extractable P (Bray no. 1), and total P by perchloric acid digestion. Correlation analyses were performed on seedling growth, foliar P content, and soil P tests.
Confounding factors, including site variation, seedling stress resulting from planting, and an equilibration period of only one growing season, suggest that first-year results are inconclusive. Site factors were the most common source of variation for growth and soil P measurements.
Dilute acid extractable P was significantly correlated with height growth. Correlations of first-year responses may be obscured by factors discussed. / Master of Science
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/64622 |
| Date | January 1975 |
| Creators | Chappell, Henry Nixon |
| Contributors | Forestry |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | vi, 40 leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 34081965 |
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