Effect of arginine-phosphate addition on early survival and growth of Scots pine, Norway spruce and silver birch

SND-ID: 2022-163-1. Version: 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/p1vn-df79

Citation

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Bodil Häggström - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest genetics and Plant Physiology orcid

Research principal

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences - Department of Forest genetics and Plant Physiology rorId

Principal's reference number

SLU.sfak.2022.4.4.IÄ-1

Description

The purpose of the research study was to investigate the effects of arginine-phosphate addition on survival and growth of Scots pine, Norway spruce and silver birch seedlings at three case studies in Sweden. The sites were located in the south (S), northeast (NE) and northwest (NW) parts of Sweden.

At the studies sites, forest had been harvested and mechanical soil preparation had been performed the same year as planting. Seedlings of Scots pine, Norway spruce and silver birch were planted in June 2019 at the NW site and June 2020 at the NE and S sites. At each site seedlings of the different species were planted in both in one-species and mixed plots, one plot treated with arginine-phosphate and on with untreated seedlings for each species composition. Survival- and growth inventory of was performed in august-september 2020 at the NW site and in 2021 at the NE and S sites, following two growing seasons in field.

The data consists of survival, height and stem base diameter measurements from the inventories.
The variables are described in detail in the documentation file.

Three data files ar

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The purpose of the research study was to investigate the effects of arginine-phosphate addition on survival and growth of Scots pine, Norway spruce and silver birch seedlings at three case studies in Sweden. The sites were located in the south (S), northeast (NE) and northwest (NW) parts of Sweden.

At the studies sites, forest had been harvested and mechanical soil preparation had been performed the same year as planting. Seedlings of Scots pine, Norway spruce and silver birch were planted in June 2019 at the NW site and June 2020 at the NE and S sites. At each site seedlings of the different species were planted in both in one-species and mixed plots, one plot treated with arginine-phosphate and on with untreated seedlings for each species composition. Survival- and growth inventory of was performed in august-september 2020 at the NW site and in 2021 at the NE and S sites, following two growing seasons in field.

The data consists of survival, height and stem base diameter measurements from the inventories.
The variables are described in detail in the documentation file.

Three data files are included, one for each site which were all analyzed separately:

a. effects_APtreatment_data_S_second_season.csv (1132 rows × 11 columns)
b. effects_APtreatment_data_NE_second_season.csv (1987 rows × 10 columns)
c. effects_APtreatment_data_NW_second_season.csv (1093 rows × 9 columns)

Also, the commented R script Code_manuscript_SND.R is included for reproduction purposes. It should be unpacked in the same directory as the data files. The PDF files in output_plots.zip are the plots generated from the script, and Code_manuscript_SND.log.txt contains log generated by the shell command:

Rscript Code_manuscript_SND.R > Code_manuscript_SND.log.txt Show less..

Data contains personal data

No

Language

Method and outcome

Time period(s) investigated

2019 – 2020

Data format / data structure

Data collection
  • Mode of collection: Field/Intervention experiment
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2020-10-16 – 2021-12-09
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Geographic description:
Site S: 57.193157 N 14.821763 E
Site NE: 64.162174 N 19.661918 E
Site NW: 64.102337 N 18.149540 E

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Department of Forest genetics and Plant Physiology

Contributor(s)

Reimo Lutter - Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Forestry and Engineering orcid

Fredrik Sjödin - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Unit for field-based forest research

Tomas Lundmark - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Ecology and Management orcid

Funding 1

  • Funding agency: Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation rorId
  • Funding agency's reference number: KAW 2016.0341, KAW 2016.0352, KAW 2018.0259
  • Project name on the application: UPSC Forest Biology and Biotechnology

Funding 2

  • Funding agency: Vinnova rorId
  • Funding agency's reference number: 2016-00504
  • Project name on the application: UPSC Centre for Forest Biotechnology

Funding 3

  • Funding agency: Trees and Crops for the Future (TC4F)
  • Funding information: Trees and Crops for the Future (TC4F) is a Strategic Research Area (SRA) at SLU with Umeå University and the Forestry Research Institute (SkogForsk) as collaborative partners. TC4F develops knowledge on sustainable plant production and plant-based product development with the main objective to support the development of the new circular bioeconomy in Sweden. TC4F consists of two parts, T4F focusing on trees and C4F focusing on crops.
Topic and keywords

Research area

Ecology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Publications

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Häggström B., Lutter R., Lundmark T., Sjödin F., Nordin A. (2023). Effect of arginine-phosphate addition on early survival and growth of Scots pine, Norway spruce and silver birch. Silva Fennica 57 (2) 22013.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.22013

Häggström, B. (2024). Improving boreal forest regeneration in a variable climate. Diss. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54612/a.4flnp33t7i
ISBN: 9789180463126
SwePub: oai:slubar.slu.se:128176

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Published: 2022-10-18
Last updated: 2024-03-13