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Northeastern Forest and
Conservation Nursery Association
July 16 to 19, 2007
The Grappone Conference Center | Concord, New Hampshire
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Some Thoughts about Tree Planting and
Nursery Culture in New Hampshire
Kenneth M Desmarais
11
Diagnosing Plant Problems
Cheryl A Smith
15
Comments on Alternatives to Methyl Bromide
for Quarantine Purposes
in Forest Nurseries
David B South
18
Relating Seed Treatments to Nursery
Performance: Experience
with Southern Pines
James P Barnett
27
Methyl Isothiocyanate and Chloropicrin
Concentrations in Bareroot Forest Nursery Soils
and Above Soil Surface Treatments
Following Fumigation
Jennifer Juzwik
38
Marketing your Nursery
Jerry Hopkins
No paper received; for more information, contact author at the address provided
in the list of attendees.
Tree Seed Handling, Processing, Testing,
and Storage at Hayward State Nursery,
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Gordon Christians
46
Seed Storage and Testing at Pennsylvania
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Penn Nursery and Wood Shop
Jeffrey J Kozar
48
Seed Storage and Testing Procedures Used
at Saratoga Tree Nursery, New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation
David Lee
51
Soils and Nutrition: A Forest Nursery Perspective
Russell D Briggs
55
Performance of Nutrient-Loaded Red Oak
and White Oak Seedlings on Mine Lands
in Southern Indiana
K Francis Salifu, Douglass F Jacobs,
and Zonda KD Birge
65
Effects of Fall Fertilization on Morphology
and Cold Hardiness of Red Pine
(Pinus resinosa Ait.) Seedlings
M Anisul Islam, Kent G Apostol,
Douglass F Jacobs, and R Kasten Dumroese
72
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Forest Nursery Association of British Columbia
Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association
Combined Meeting
September 17 to 19, 2007
The Mary Winspear Centre | Sidney, British Columbia
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Planting the Planet
Dirk Brinkman
No paper received; for more information, contact author at the address
provided in the list of attendees.
Climate Change, Forests, and the Forest Nursery
Industry
Richard Joseph Hebda
81
Building Trust—Business Essentials
Sandy MacIver
88
Enhancing Forest Nursery Education:
Input from the 2007 Joint Meeting of the
Western Forest and Conservation Nursery
Association and Forest Nursery Association of
British Coumbia
Anthony S Davis
89
Physiological Responses of Planting Frozen
and Thawed Douglas-fir Seedlings
M Anisul Islam, Kent G Apostol, Douglass F Jacobs,
and R Kasten Dumroese
126
Somatic Embryogenesis Tissue Culture for
Applying Varietal Forestry to Conifer Species
Steven C Grossnickle and John Pait
135
Gene Activity Test Determines Cold Tolerance
in Douglas-fir Seedlings
Peter A Balk, Diane L Haase,
and Monique F van Wordragen
140
Deployment of Deer-Resistant
Western Redcedar (Thuja plicata)
John Russell
149
What’s in your Douglas-fir Bark?
M Gabriela Buamscha and James E Altland
96
Marketing: The Roots of your Business
Susan S Franko
154
Effects of Container Size and Copper Treatment
on Western White Pine Seedling Growth
and Survival
Donald J Regan and Anthony S Davis
104
Recent Workforce Trends and their Effects on
the Silviculture Program in British Columbia
John Betts
164
Fusarium Species—a British Columbia
Perspective in Forest Seedling Production
Michael Peterson
109