The effect of cutting technique on the mortality and resprouting vigor of poplar stumps in short-rotation plantations

dc.contributor.authorSpinelli, Raffaele
dc.contributor.authorMagagnotti, Natascia
dc.contributor.authorLombardini, Carolina
dc.contributor.authorLeonello, Elaine Cristina [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionNatl Council Res
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-25T11:54:29Z
dc.date.available2021-06-25T11:54:29Z
dc.date.issued2021-03-01
dc.description.abstractMechanical felling is the most cost-effective solution for harvesting short-rotation poplar plantations, but the damage inflicted by conventional shear-cutting devices on tree stumps has raised concerns about stump mortality and resprouting vigor, both of which are crucial to coppice regeneration. To determine whether such concerns are justified, this experiment monitored the survival and resprouting vigor of 11 sample blocks composed of two 10-stump row segments that were cut according to one of two methods: (1) a chainsaw or (2) an excavator-mounted shear. The sample blocks were located within the same plantation, established 7 years earlier with hybrid poplars (Populus nigra x Populus deltoides) belonging to the AF8 clone. One year after cutting, no differences were found between treatments in terms of stump mortality, number of shoots per stump, shoot diameter at 30 cm from the insertion, or shoot height. These results support the use of mechanical shears to fell short-rotation poplar coppice. However, further studies should be conducted on multiple fields and clones in order to safely generalize these preliminary findings.en
dc.description.affiliationNatl Council Res, Inst Bioecon, Via Madonna del Piano 10, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista, Lab Agroforestry Biomass & Bioenergy, Ave Univ 3780, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista, Lab Agroforestry Biomass & Bioenergy, Ave Univ 3780, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
dc.description.sponsorshipBio Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program
dc.description.sponsorshipIdBio Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program: 745874
dc.format.extent439-444
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2020-0208
dc.identifier.citationCanadian Journal Of Forest Research. Ottawa: Canadian Science Publishing, v. 51, n. 3, p. 439-444, 2021.
dc.identifier.doi10.1139/cjfr-2020-0208
dc.identifier.issn0045-5067
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/209262
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000629007400009
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCanadian Science Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofCanadian Journal Of Forest Research
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectfelling
dc.subjectregeneration
dc.subjectgrowth
dc.subjectplantation
dc.titleThe effect of cutting technique on the mortality and resprouting vigor of poplar stumps in short-rotation plantationsen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.rightsHolderCanadian Science Publishing
unesp.author.orcid0000-0001-9545-1004[1]

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