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The Effects of Biochar Made by Oaks on the Growth and Seedling Quality Index of Prunus sargentii in a Containerized Production System
Woo Bin Youn1
,
Loth Meng1
,
Si Ho Han1
,
Aung Aung1
,
Min Seok Cho2
,
Byung Bae Park1*
1Department of Environment & Forest Resources, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
2Forest Technology and Management Research Center, National Institute of Forest Science, Pocheon 11187, Korea
* Corresponding Author
28 February 2019. pp. 20-28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of biochar mixed ratios made by oaks on the growth and quality index of Prunus sargentii seedlings in a containerized seedling production system. We treated biochar made by oak charcoal with 10% and 20% volume ratio of the artificial soil including the untreated control and applied two levels of 0.5 and 1.0 g/L fertilization treatments. Generally, growth parameters including height, root collar diameter, and dry weight were decreased by biochar treatments and there were no fertilization effects. However, 10% biochar treatment significantly increased quality index by 26% compared to that of control. Our results suggested the oak charcoal, a kind of biochar, can be substituted up to 10% of the artificial soil in the containerized P. sargentii seedling production system and expect to increase the survival rate in the beginning of the plantation.

Seedling quality index by the mixed ratio of oak biochar.

Keywords
Biochar
Fertilization
Growth Medium
Seedling Growth
Quality Index

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  • Publisher :Korean Society of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국토양비료학회
  • Journal Title :Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국토양비료학회 학회지
  • Volume : 52
  • No :1
  • Pages :20-28
  • Received Date : 2019-01-16
  • Revised Date : 2019-02-19
  • Accepted Date : 2019-02-24
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7745/KJSSF.2019.52.1.020
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