<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tsakaldimi, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zagas, T.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tsitsoni, T.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ganatsas, P.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Root Morphology, Stem Growth and Field Performance of Seedlings of Two Mediterranean Evergreen Oak Species Raised in Different Container Types</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant and Soil</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">container seedlings</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">outplanting performance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus coccifera</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus ilex</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">root morphology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">stem growth</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.springerlink.com/index/10.1007/s11104-005-2580-1</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">278</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">85 - 93</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1110400525801</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Outplanting container-grown oak seedlings with undesirable shoot and root characteristics result in poor establishment and reduced ﬁeld growth. The objective of this study was to determine the inﬂuence of container type on both above-and below-ground nursery growth and ﬁeld performance of one-year old taprooted seedlings Quercus ilex L. and Quercus coccifera L. The experiment was conducted in an open-air nursery and the seedlings were grown in three container types. At the end of the nursery, growth period seedlings shoot height, diameter (5 mm above root collar), shoot and root biomass, root surface area, root volume and total root length were assessed. Then the seedlings were planted in the ﬁeld and their survival and growth were recorded for two growing seasons after outplanting. The results showed a diﬀerence between the Quercus species in the eﬀect of container type. Q. ilex seedlings raised in paper-pot had signiﬁcantly greater height, diameter, shoot and root biomass and root volume than those raised in the other two container types. Similarly, Q. coccifera seedlings raised in paper-pot, had signiﬁcantly greater above-and below-ground growth than those raised in the other two container types. Both oak species showed relatively low survival in the ﬁeld; the mortality was mainly observed the ﬁrst year after outplanting, especially after the summer dry period. However, 2 years after outplanting, the paper-pot seedlings of the two oak species showed better ﬁeld performance.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-2</style></issue></record></records></xml>