Tree Establishment: A Review of Some of the Factors Affecting Transplant Survival and Establishment    (View PDF)

Daniel K. Struve

Abstract: Transplant success and tree establishment depend on a chain of events from propagation, to production, to harvest, to shipping, to maintenance on the job site, to transplanting techniques, to aftercare. Failure to follow proper practices at any step in this sequence will compromise transplant success and establishment. This article reviews some of the factors that induce transplant shock and slow establishment of transplanted nursery stock such as root and mineral nutrient loss, soil moisture stress and xylem vessel cavitation, and methods used to reduce transplant shock.

Keywords: Biostimulants; establishment; root growth potential; transplanting.

https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2009.003