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Contents
TARGET SEEDLING SYMPOSIUM
Chapter 1 - The Target Seedling Concept ........................................................................................... 1
Robin Rose, William C. Carlson, and Paul Morgan
Chapter 2 - Target Seedling Specification: Are Stocktype· Designations Useful? ...... .. .... ..... .. .. ... ...... 9
Peyton W. Owston
Chapter 3 - Target Seedling Concepts: Height and Diameter ........................................... ............... 17
J. G. Mexal and T.D. Landis
Chapter 4 - Root Growth Potential and the Target Seedling ........................................................... 37
Gary A. Ritchie and Yasuomi Tanaka
Chapter 5 - Target Seedling Root System Size, Hydraulic Conductivity, and
Water Use During Seedling Establishment ........................................................................................ 53
William C. Carlson and D. Elaine Miller
Chapter 6- Mycorrhizae and Realistic Nursery Management ......................................................... 67
C.B. Davey
Chapter 7 - The Target Seedling Concepts: Bud Dormancy and Cold-Hardiness ........................... 79
Karen E. Burr
Chapter 8 - State of the Art Seedling Stock Quality Tests Based on Seedling Physiology .............. 91
C.D.B. Hawkins and W.D. Binder
Chapter 9 - Seedling Moisture Status .. .... .. ... ... .... .. ... ... ... .. .... .. ... ....... .... .. ..... .. ..... .......... ..... ... ... ........ 123
W. Lopushinsky
Chapter 10 - Mineral Nutrition and the Target Seedling ............................................................... 139
William L. Bigg and Jeffery W. Schalau
Index ................................................................................................................................................... ~ 161
GENERAL PAPERS
Growing Bareroot Seedlings
Comparison of the Summit Precision Seeder with the Oyjord Seeder .............................................
John P. Sloan
Soil Fumigation, Cover Cropping, and Organic Soil Amendments: Their Effect
on Soil-Borne Pathogens and the Target Seedling ...........................................................................
Philip B. Hamm and Everett M. Hansen
The Balsam Woolly Adelgid and Pine Needle Mite as Potential Pests of
Reforestation Nurseries in British Columbia ..................................................................................
Gwen Shrimpton
The Nursery Program at Missoula Technology and Development Center .......................................
Ben J. Lowman
Computer Vision: A Nursery Management Tool ...............................................................................
Michael P. Rigney and Glenn A. Kranzler
Target Root Starch Concentrations Before Storage: Testing the Model ...........................................
Steven K. Omi and Robin Rose
Moisture Stress and Root Volume Influence Transplant Shock: Preliminary Results .....................
Diane L. Haase and Robin Rose
Discrete Proteins Associated with Overwintering of Spruce and Douglas-fir Seedlings ..................
Dane R. Roberts, Peter Toivonen, and Stephanie M. Mcinnis
Mitotic Index of Conifer Shoot Tips: Processing, Sampling, and Data Interpretation .. ... ........... ... .
James.Grob
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Growing Container Seedlings
Effect of Styroblock Design and Copper Treatment on Morphology of Conifer Seedlings ............. 218
Gary A. Hunt
The Use of Styroblock 1 & 2 Containers for P+ 1 Transplant Stock Production ............................. 223
Philip F. Hahn
The Use of Lannen RT-2 Transplanters to Transplant Containerized Seedlings
at Surrey Nursery ...............................................-............................................................................... 231
Tony Willingdon
Application of Foliar Fertilizer During Bud Initiation Treatments to Container-Grown
Conifer Seedlings .............................................................................................................................. 233
Mark E. Montville and David L. Wenny
Approaches to Integrated Pest Management of Fusarium Root Disease in Container-Grown
Conifer Seedlings .............................................................................................................................. 240
R. L. James, R. K. Dumroese, and D. L. Wenny
Regulation of Seedling Height in Container-Grown Spruce Using Photoperiod Control ................ 247
A. M. Eastham
Morphological Development of Field-Planted Western Hemlock Seedlings
from Various Dormancy Induction Treatments .............................................................................. 255
S. C. Grossnickle, J. E. Major, and J. T. Arnott
Performance of Conifer Stocktypes on National Forests in the Oregon
and Washington Coast Ranges ·························································································.!_•·············· 263
Ralph E. Duddles and Peyton W. Owston
NAA Effects on Conifer Seedlings in British Columbia .................................................................... 269
David G. Simpson
Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting .......................................................................................... 276
Seedling Beauty Contest ..................................................................................................................... 277
List of Exhibitors ................................................................................................................................ 277
List of Attendees ..... ..... ... .. .... ...... .. .. ... .. .......... .. .... .. ...... .. .. ...... ... ..... ..... .... ... .. .. ... ... .. .. ..... .. .. .. .. ..... ... .. .... 278