First year growth response of selected hybrid poplar cuttings to root-zone salinity
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Abstract
Cuttings from four hybrid poplar clones (Walker, CanAm, Manitou, and Assiniboine) used in plantations and windbreaks on the Canadian Prairies were evaluated in their response to sulphate-based, root-zone salinity at Canada’s Salt-Tolerance Testing Facility. Vernalized, hardwood cuttings were planted in inert sand flushed four times daily with salinized, nutrient hydroponic solutions ranging in electrical conductivity from 2.2 to 30.9 dS m -1 . The response in new growth was measured by the total summed length of new shoot growth, new shoot biomass, and the length of the main stem from its initial point as a bud on the cutting to its terminal tip. Based on these measurements analyzed statistically, Assiniboine cuttings out-performed those from the other clones. At 30.9 dS m -1 , none of the cuttings from any clone sprouted new growth. At 21.4 dS m -1 , poor growth and considerable dieback characterized all clones. At 13.8, 8.3, and 4.5 dS m -1 , all cuttings subjected to root-zone salinity registered less growth compared with those cuttings growing in nutrient-only solutions (2.2 dS m -1 ), although the Assiniboine cuttings declined least. Based on this experiment, the descending salinity-tolerance order for the hybrid poplar clones tested using first-year growth from hardwood cuttings is: Assiniboine > Walker = CanAm = Manitou. Key words: Sulphate salinity, agroforestry, windbreak, Populus, shelterbelt, hybrid poplar
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