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Nursery guides for production of quality seedlings and forest management guides for regeneration and reforestation of degraded agricultural land and riparian zones

Research is focused on factors that will optimize performance of seedlings from the nursery through establishment in the field. Plant mineral nutrition, cold hardiness, stress resistance, dormancy, and drought resistance are areas of research designed to create hardier and more tolerant seedlings.

After establishment in the field, studies focus on planting design, fertilization, and browse and vegetative control. Improvements in this process will lower mortality and accelerate growth, allowing more successful stand establishment.

A set of management guides to transfer this research into practical field applications are being developed. These guides are useful tools for landowners, foresters, and nursery managers.

For additional information on this topic, refer to:

Environmental and management injury in hardwood tree plantations

Native hardwood trees of the central hardwood region

Planting and care of fine hardwood seedlings: Diagnosing and controlling wildlife damage in hardwood plantations.

Planting and care of fine hardwood seedlings: Nursery production of hardwood seedlings

Planting and care of fine hardwood seedlings: Fertilizing, pruning, and thinning

Planting and care of fine hardwood seedlings: Financial and tax aspects of tree planting

Planting and care of fine hardwood seedlings: Designing hardwood tree plantings for wildlife

Planting and care of fine hardwood seedlings: Planting hardwood seedlings in the Central Hardwood Region.

Planting and care of fine hardwood seedlings: Regenerating hardwoods in the Central Hardwoods Region: Soils

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