The influence of chemical soil treatment on nutrient economy of Scots pine (Pinus silvestric L.)

Tarabuła-Szmyga, Taida

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Title: The influence of chemical soil treatment on nutrient economy of Scots pine (Pinus silvestric L.)

Abstract:

Study was made of the effect of supplying various elements (N, P, K, Ca, S) to soil on the rates of needle and litter production, translocation of elements and their return to litter in a pine sapling. Fertilization with N, P or K led to a significant increase in the needle production rate, with simultaneous preservation of the ratios among nutrient elements in the foliage. The applied treatments caused small changes in the element retranslocation ef[iciency, which led, however, to significant alternations of the chemical composition of needlefall.

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