Fig. 1. Mean monthly temperature and precipitation data from January 2011 to October 2012. Time of outplanting is represented by a solid line. First outplanting performance measurement is represented by a short dash line. Second outplanting performance measurement is represented by a dotted line.
Fig. 2. Chinese pine seedling tissue dry mass (mean ± SE, n = 32) in relation to nursery fertilization prior to planting. Treatments marked with different lower-case and capital letters differ statistically for each tissue and whole plant according to Duncan`s test α = 0.05, respectively.
Fig. 3. Chinese pine seedling tissue N concentration (mean ± SE, n = 4) in relation to nursery fertilization prior to planting. Treatments marked with different lower-case letters differ statistically for each tissue and whole plant according to Duncan`s test α = 0.05.
Fig. 4. Chinese pine seedling tissue N content (mean ± SE, n = 4) in relation to nursery fertilization prior to planting. Treatments marked with different lower-case and capital letters differ statistically for each tissue and whole plant according to Duncan`s test α = 0.05, respectively.
| Table 1. Chinese pine seedling field survival (mean ± SE, n = 4) in relation to nursery fertilization at the end of first and second growing seasons. Treatments marked with different letters in a column differ statistically according to Duncan`s test α = 0.05. | ||
| Treatments (mg N seedling–1) | The first year growing season | The second year growing season |
| 10 | 79 (0.04) a | 54 (0.04) a |
| 20 | 82 (0.06) a | 75 (0.06) b |
| 40 | 88 (0.07) a | 75 (0.10) b |
| 80 | 96 (0.04) a | 92 (0.08) c |
| 100 | 93 (0.04) a | 78 (0.03) b |
| 120 | 92 (0.05) a | 75 (0.11) b |
Fig. 5. Chinese pine seedlings total height, root-collar diameter (RCD) and their increments (mean ± SE) in relation to nursery fertilization at planting, at the end of first and second growing seasons. Treatments marked with different capital and lower-case letters differ statistically for total height, RCD, and its increment according to Duncan`s test α = 0.05, respectively.