Journal
BIOMASS & BIOENERGY
Volume 81, Issue -, Pages 88-97Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.06.003
Keywords
Hybrid poplars; Hybrid aspen; Willows; N availability; Competition; Morphological characteristics
Funding
- Institut de Recherche sur les Forets
- Universite du Quebec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue
- Jardin botanique de Montreal
- Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc
- Canadian Wood Fibre Centre
- Laurentian Forestry Centre
- Program of Energy Research and Development (PERD) of Natural Resources Canada
- PERD [I11.009]
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Morphological characteristics of poplar and willow clones were determined in order to identify main characteristics leading to superior growth under increased plant competition with low or high nitrogen (N) availability. Seven hybrid poplar (Populus spp. including one hybrid aspen) and five willow (Salix spp.) clones were grown under greenhouse conditions for 13 weeks at three spacings (20 x 20, 35 x 35, and 60 x 60 cm) and two N levels (20 and 200 mg kg(-1)). The decrease in spacing from 60 to 20 cm reduced leaf area by 50% but clones had similar aboveground biomass per tree under all spacings, with increasing their height per unit leaf area. More productive clones had greater leaf area (+102%), leaf area per unit plant biomass (+12%) and lower root-to-shoot ratios (-27%) compared to less productive clones. There were positive relationships between leaf area and above-ground biomass per tree for both more and less productive clones. Compared to low N level and 60 cm spacing, trees growing in high N level and 20 cm spacing reached similar root collar diameter, crown width, and leaf area values and even greater height, suggesting that an addition of N could help mitigate negative effects of tree competition. (c) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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