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October 5, 2025

Diameter Growth in Loblolly Pine after Fertilization

Key Points

Fertilized trees exhibited significantly greater diameter growth compared to unfertilized trees six years post-application.
Increased radial growth and basal area were noted during the second and third years in fertilized plantations compared to unfertilized.
Dominant and co-dominant crown classes showed stronger growth in fertilized areas, outperforming intermediate and overtopped classes.
Implications suggest that targeted fertilization can enhance growth in specific tree classes, offering management insights.

Abstract

Abstract Growth of trees in fertilized and unfertilized plantations was compared six years after fertilizer (20-10-5) was applied by airplane. Radial growth and basal area in the second and third year were greater in fertilized than unfertilized trees and plantations, respectively. Growth of trees of dominant and codominant crown classes was significantly greater than that of intermediate and overtopped ones in fertilized plantations.

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Windsor et al. (Mon,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e2555bd6d66a53c247563f https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/jof/71.10.659