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Different nursery techniques in the production of Quercus crassifolia
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Rosa Elvira Madrid-Aispuro
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José Angel Prieto Ruíz
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Arnulfo Aldrete
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Silvia Salcido-Ruiz
Alberto Pérez-Luna
Abstract
Mexico is the country with the highest number of species of the genus Quercus, but there has been little research on their propagation in nurseries. Quercus crassifolia is distributed across more than 50% of the national territory; however, no studies have been conducted to document its morphological growth and plant quality in nurseries for reforestation and forest restoration. Some of the key factors in plant production, principally in a technified system, are the selection of containers, substrates, and fertilizer doses. This study therefore evaluated two container sizes, two mixtures of organic substrates, and two doses of controlled-release fertilizer. After nine months of growth in the nursery, morphometric parameters of the plants were recorded, and quality indices were determined based on these values. The results showed that container size, substrate choice, and fertilization dose all influenced the quality of the plant produced. With both fertilizer doses, the 25:25:50 substrate mixture of fresh pine sawdust, composted pine bark, and moss peat produced plants with the highest values of height, diameter, and shoot, root, and total dry biomass. Considering the factors evaluated, the use of 200 mL containers with the aforementioned substrate mixture and the addition of 7 g L-1 of controlled-release fertilizer will produce plants of Quercus crassifolia suitable quality for use in reforestation.
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