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Southern Pine Plantation Silviculture - course canceled
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Agenda
Monday, July 13, 2009
| Time |
Event |
7:30 a.m.
|
Registration |
| 8:15 |
Introduction to the Course |
| 8:30 |
Silvics of Different Species Affecting Silvicultural Decisions |
| 9:15 |
Plantation Regeneration - Mechanical Site Preparation
- Primary vs. secondary site preparation
- Effects on pine survival
- Effects on pine growth
|
| 10:00 |
Break |
| 10:15 |
Chemical Site Preparation
- Timing and efficacy
- Effects on height development
- Effects on product volumes
- Effects on carrying capacity
|
| 11:00 |
Planting Stock
- Seedling size effects through the rotation
- Genetic improvement effects on stand development
- Clonal seedling effects on stand development
- Interaction with other cultural treatments
|
| Noon |
Lunch |
1:00 p.m.
|
Herbaceous Weed Control
- Timing/Methods/Chemicals
- Effects on Growth and Survival
- Effects on Stand Development
- Interaction with Hardwood Levels
|
| 2:15 |
Post-Establishment Silvicultural Treatments - Early Woody Release
- Early release and the no site prep option as an alternative
- Response to early release
|
3:00
|
Break
|
3:15
|
Mid-Rotation Release
- Response of pine stands to control of understory hardwoods timing, duration, and magnitude of response
- Prescribed burning to control hardwoods
|
5:00
|
Adjourn
|
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Time
|
Event |
8:00 a.m.
|
Fertilization
- Pine nutrition requirements
- Early fertilization and/or late fertilization
- Timing and rates to meet objectives: Multiple vs. single fertilization
- Interaction with hardwood release treatments
- Fertilization response timing, magnitude, and duration
|
| 9:30 |
Thinning
- Objectives for thinning treatments
|
| 10:00 |
Break |
| 10:15 |
Thinning (continued)
- Effect of different timing, frequency, and intensity on stand development and resulting products
- Thinning schedules for wildlife objectives
- Thinning schedules for longer rotations
- Thinning and fertilization
- Thinning and release
- Thinning and release and fertilization
|
| 12:15 |
Adjourn |
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