Contents
Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association Meeting, Eugene, Oregon,
June 19 to 22, 2006.............................................................................................................................. 1
Morphological and Physiological Evaluations of Seedling Quality
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Diane L. Haase......................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Innovative Cold Tolerance Test for Conifer Seedlings
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Peter A. Balk
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Peter Brønnum
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Mike Perks
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Eva Stattin
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Lonneke H.M. van der Geest
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Monique F. van Wordragen....................................................................................................................................................... 9
Greenhouse Germination Trials of Pelletized Western Redcedar and Red Alder Seeds
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Nabil Khadduri......................................................................................................................................................................... 15
An Introduction to Subirrigation in Forest and Conservation Nurseries and Some Preliminary
Results of Demonstrations
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R. Kasten Dumroese
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Douglass F. Jacobs
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Anthony S. Davis
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Jeremy R. Pinto
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Thomas D. Landis................................................................................................................................................................... 20
E-Media and Crop Nutrition Monitoring
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Diana C. Coburn
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Raúl E. Moreno....................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Blackout Cloth for Dormancy Induction
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Tom Jopson............................................................................................................................................................................. 36
The Density Effect: Red/Far Red Signaling and Douglas-fir Seedling Growth in a Variable Density Field Test
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Gary A. Ritchie
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James Keeley
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Barbara J. Bond...................................................................................................................................................................... 38
Miniplug Transplants: Producing Large Plants Quickly
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Thomas D. Landis................................................................................................................................................................... 46
Potential for Using Fusarium to Control Fusarium Disease in Forest Nurseries
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Robert L. James
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R. Kasten Dumroese............................................................................................................................................................... 54
The Plant Growth Enhancing and Biocontrol Mechanisms of Streptomyces lydicus WYEC 108 and
Its Use in Nursery and Greenhouse Production
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Tim Lichatowich....................................................................................................................................................................... 61
Using a Steamroom to Sterilize Pallets of Styroblock™ Seedling Containers
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Andy Trent
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Robert L. James
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Clarke Fleege
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Gary Hileman.......................................................................................................................................................................... 63
Roadside Revegetation: A New Frontier for Native Plant Growers
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Scott A. Riley
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Kim M. Wilkinson..................................................................................................................................................................... 72
Seadust Wildlife Controllant® and Other Techniques to Protect Forest Plantations
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Dan L. Campbell
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Brooke K. Campbell
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Clinton L. Campbell................................................................................................................................................................. 77
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Southern Forest Nursery Association Meeting, Tyler, Texas, July 1 to 13, 2006............................... 83
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act: Forestry Contractors’ Model Operating Plan
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Dan Bremer............................................................................................................................................................................. 85
Detection and Management of Stunt and Stubby Root Nematodes in a Southern Forest Nursery
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Michelle M. Cram
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Stephen W. Fraedrich............................................................................................................................................................. 91
Pitch Canker of Southern Pines and Recent Cases in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas
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Dale Starkey
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Jim Meeker
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Alex Mangini............................................................................................................................................................................ 97
Critter Control in Nurseries
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Jan Loven**
New Pine Planting Strategies for the Western Gulf States
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Eric L. Taylor
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Michael Blazier
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A. Gordon Holley................................................................................................................................................................... 104
Selected Nursery Projects at the Missoula Technology and Development Center
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Brian Vachowski.....................................................................................................................................................................110
Container Longleaf Pine Seedling Morphology in Response to Varying Rates of Nitrogen Fertilization in the Nursery and Subsequent Growth After Outplanting.
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D. Paul Jackson
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R. Kasten Dumroese
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James P. Barnett
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William B. Patterson...............................................................................................................................................................114
Field Performance of Nuttall Oak on Former Agricultural Fields: Initial Effects of Nursery Source and Competition Control
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Emile S. Gardiner
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K. Francis Salifu
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Douglass F. Jacobs
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George Hernandez
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Ronald P. Overton................................................................................................................................................................. 120
Comparing Cold-Stored and Freshly Lifted Water Oak (Quercus nigra) Seedlings Based on Physiological
Parameters
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Rosa C. Goodman
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Kent G. Apostol
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Douglass F. Jacobs
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Barrett C. Wilson
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Emile S. Gardiner.................................................................................................................................................................. 126
Pesticide Related Issues in Forest Tree Nurseries
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John W. Taylor....................................................................................................................................................................... 132
National Seed Laboratory Report
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Robert Karrfalt**
Hurricane Katrina Effects on Forest Resources
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Bryan Jordin**
Carbon Sequestration Effects on Seedling Demand
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Brad Barber**
Methyl Bromide and the Montreal Protocol: An Update on the Critical Use Exemption and Quarantine Pre-Shipment Process
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Scott Enebak......................................................................................................................................................................... 135
Nursery Task Force Update
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Russ Pohl.............................................................................................................................................................................. 142
Participants/Attendees......................................................................................................................... 145
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Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association Meeting.......................................................................................... 147
Southern Forest Nursery Association Meeting...................................................................................................................... 152
** No papers received; for more information contact authors at the address provided in the list of participants.
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