Abstract
Presently, commercial cottonwood plantations in the lower Mississippi Valley are established using vertically planted, unrooted cuttings with a flat (90°) base. Neither survival nor first-year growth of a group of six Stoneville clones was improved by angle planting or cutting base angles diagonally. For one clone, survival was significantly better when base angle was 45°.
Keywords
Populus deltoides,
artificial regeneration,
planting techniques,
root development
Citation
Randall, W.K.; Kennedy, Harvey E., Jr. 1976. Survival and Growth of Cottonwood Clones After Angle Planting and Base Angle Treatments. Res. Note SO-220. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 3 p.