Journal
FORESTS
Volume 13, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/f13040530
Keywords
growth performance; biomass; nutrient content; nutrient use efficiency
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- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China [2021A1515011104]
- Forestry Science and Technology Innovation Project in Guangdong province [2020KJCX007]
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This study evaluated the growth performance, biomass, nutrient content, and nutrient use efficiency of ten Eucalyptus clones at three sites in Leizhou Peninsula. The results showed significant genetic variation among the clones in growth parameters, with different organs exhibiting different biomass and nutrient content characteristics. Among the ten clones tested, LH1-9211, TH9224, DH32-13, M1, and DH32-22 consistently showed the best growth and production performance.
Selecting suitable clones and regulating nutrients for Eucalyptus plantation are a key management practice for improving productivity and nutrient use. Therefore, this study evaluated growth performance, above-ground biomass, nutrient content (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and magnesium) and nutrient use efficiency (NUE) of ten Eucalyptus Clones for three sites in Leizhou Peninsula. The present study showed a significant genetic variation among clones in growth parameters. Organs have different characteristics in biomass and nutrient content. Stemwood had the highest biomass but lowest total nutrient concentration. While, the stembark exhibited high contents of nutrients and biomass. On average, the NUE of clones was in the following order: phosphorus > magnesium > nitrogen > potassium > calcium. Taken together, among ten clones tested, clones LH1-9211, TH9224, DH32-13, M1 and DH32-22 showed consistently growth and production performance, as well, their NUE were superior in ten clones. Maximum amount of biomass was allocated to economically harvestable component (stemwood) and nutrients in non-harvestable components (stembark and foliage). While nutrients are removed from the planting area as part of the harvest, we can calculate nutrients loss by NUE and biomass. These findings provided useful insights for selection of Eucalyptus Clones and regulating nutrient export during the harvest of Eucalyptus Clones from a planted forest system.
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