Effect of post-planting applications of granulated atrazine and fertiliser on the early growth ofEucalyptus nitens

✍ Scribed by C. R. A. Turnbull; C. L. Beadle; P. W. West; M. L. Ottenschlaeger

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 592 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0169-4286
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00036732

✦ Synopsis

Application. On sites in Tasmania which formerly carried native forest and where pre-planting weed control has been adequate, no gain in tree growth may result from post-planting weed control in Eucalyptus nitens plantations. This is unusual in plantation forestry in Australia. Furthermore, application of atrazine for post-planting weed control may reduce tree growth. On yellow podzolic soils derived from dolerite tree growth rate in E. nitens plantations may increase with applications of N and P fertilisers.