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Effects of Fertilizer Treatment on the Growth Performance of 1-Year-Old Containerized Seedlings in Chionanthus retusus
Chung Ho Choi1†
1Researcher, Gyeonggi-do Forestry Environment Research Center, Osan 18118, Korea
*seedchoi@gg.go.kr
1 December 2020. pp. 586-596
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Abstract

Chionanthus retusus has been used for landscaping and gardening trees, foods and medicines. This study was carried out to analyze the effect of fertilization on the growth performance of container seedlings (1-year-old) in C. retusus. We used multifeed 19 (MF) as a fertilizer, and measured the height, root collar diameter (RCD), biomass, seedling quality index (SQI) chlorophyll contents and chlorophyll fluorescence of the seedlings. The findings of this paper showed that the height, RCD, H/D ratio, T/R ratio and the fresh and dry weight of seedlings increased after fertilization. The moisture content of the stem and root did not show any significant difference among fertilizations, except in the case of the leaf. Production distribution such as the dry weight ratio of leaves and the stem dry weight ratio of fertilized seedlings had a higher value than that of non-treatment. SQI was the highest in MF 1,000 ㎎/L and 2,000 ㎎/L treatment. Chlorophyll contents (SPAD value) also increased with the increase in fertilization concentrations. Chlorophyll fluorescence (Fv/Fm) showed the highest value of 0.8 in MF 2,000 ㎎/L treatment.

Keywords
Biomass
Chlorophyll
H/D ratio
Seedling qual　ity index
T/R ratio
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  • Publisher :The Plant Resources Society of Korea
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국자원식물학회
  • Journal Title :Korean Journal of Plant Resources
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국자원식물학회지
  • Volume : 33
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  • Pages :586-596
  • Received Date : 2020-06-04
  • Revised Date : 2020-09-16
  • Accepted Date : 2020-09-18
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7732/kjpr.2020.33.6.586
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