Water Needs of Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia L. in the First Three Years of Growing in the Reclamation Plantings in Poland

Rolbiecki, S.; Kasperska-Wołowicz, Wiesława; Ptach, Wiesław; Jagosz, Barbara; Figas, Anna; Rolbiecki, Roman; Stachowski, Piotr; Grybauskienė, Vilda; Chmura, Kazimierz; Dobosz, Krzysztof

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“…In the case of soil water limitations, the treatments are differentiated by the amount of water [37,38] or by different irrigation time intervals [39,40]. Plant trait adjustments to balance water supply with water demand are essential for maintaining the survival of stands under water stress conditions [41,42]. Another way of adaptation of black locust to water stress is directly related to the plasticity of their leaf morphology, size [43] and phototropism [44], the leaves being smaller in plants that are subjected to water stress for a longer period of time [37].…”

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The Influence of Minimal Cultivation Techniques on Growth Rate of Robinia pseudacacia L. Seedlings

Drăghici,

Abrudan,

Hoble

et al. 2024

Forests

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The seed provenance, the type of substrate and its properties, as well as the watering regime in the first years after sowing are among the most important characteristics affecting the production of containerized seedlings. The objective of this study was to analyse the growth of black locust (Robinia pseudacacia L.) seedlings on different types of substrate (six mineral and two organic) with different textures and pHs under three different regimes of available water content (no-limiting, medium drought, severe drought) over a period of five months (May–October 2023), using seeds from three sources located in the southeast, south, and west of Romania. The highest seedling emergence rate (73.7%) was obtained for the medium seeds with 18.492 g weight (1000 seed weighs) (Bucharest provenance). Direct sowing in the field and containerized seedlings both showed a trend of growing in height during unlimited water and of growing in diameter during low watering. The lowest survival rate of seedlings (86.7%) occurred in the mineral substrate in the case of rendzina with additional sand (pH 8.70), and for the organic substrate, the lowest survival rate (87.0%) occurred for the peat MKS 3 substrate (pH 4.54).

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The Influence of Minimal Cultivation Techniques on Growth Rate of Robinia pseudacacia L. Seedlings

Drăghici,

Abrudan,

Hoble

et al. 2024

Forests

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“…Therefore, the species is considered to be a water-demanding and drought-sensitive plant (Wu, Huang, & Warrington, 2015;Yan, Yamanaka, Yamamoto, & Du, 2009). Still, black locust is proved to be a highly adaptable species to drought compared to other broad-leaved species by numerous studies (Han & Kakubari, 1995;Li et al, 2018;Rolbiecki et al, 2019;Veste & Kriebitzsch, 2010). The plasticity of the species makes the tree suitable for biomass plantations throughout the arid regions of Central and Eastern Europe (Mantovani et al, 2014b).…”

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“…Saplings are sensitive to spring/summer drought after the establishment of a plantation, so suitable water management is necessary in dry areas (Rolbiecki et al, 2019;Veste & Kriebitzsch, 2010). A former study proved that irrigation in the first year can improve growth by 80%, while biomass increase dropped to 50% by the third year.…”

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“…Daily evapotranspiration (ET) of the species is calculated 3-4 mm for the summer season (L. Wang et al, 2011), confirmed by a Polish value of 3.5 mm. However, due to global climate change, yearly ET increased by 9 mm in a decade during a period of 1980-2010 (Rolbiecki et al, 2019). Above the potential evapotranspiration value (PET) of 3.2-4.0 mm, depending on soil type, ET of the black locust would not grow higher (Wu et al, 2015).…”

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Effect of Different Irrigation Regimes on the Early Development of Pot-Grown Black Locust Saplings

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Gógán²,

Pogrányi³

et al. 2022

Columella

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Black locust currently is considered to be the most important tree species of short-rotation forests in Hungary with the purpose of either woody biomass or industrial wood. Despite the general supposition on the drought tolerance of the species, water availability seems to be a more limiting factor to exploit the growing potential of highly productive new varieties than nutrient amendments. Preliminary measurements of the current study were made on the connection between the depth of the water-retaining soil layer and the growth of saplings on black locust plantations. A significant negative correlation was found between the depth of the water-retaining layer, the stem diameter and the height of the saplings. To investigate the phenomenon, a model experiment was launched with loamy sand soil in the pots. During six weeks, pots were watered every morning up to the weight referring to the 30, 40, 60 and 80% of field capacity (FC). Our results showed that 30% FC was only sufficient for the survival of the saplings, growth was only noticeable at plants with 40% FC or more. During the first 4 weeks, differences in growth and cumulative evapotranspiration between the 60% and 80% FC treatment were not considerable. However, in the last two weeks, saplings with the highest FC produced substantially higher biomass, resulting in a one-third higher final weight than those of FC 60%. Even with the limited soil capacity of the pots, water use of these saplings of 1 m height and 1 cm stem diameter exceeded 1.5 L per day. Our results confirmed that black locust is a water-intensive species with a high water use potential, which emphasizes the importance of irrigation on nurseries and the first years of plantations.

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Water Needs of Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia L. in the First Three Years of Growing in the Reclamation Plantings in Poland

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The Influence of Minimal Cultivation Techniques on Growth Rate of Robinia pseudacacia L. Seedlings

The Influence of Minimal Cultivation Techniques on Growth Rate of Robinia pseudacacia L. Seedlings

Effect of Different Irrigation Regimes on the Early Development of Pot-Grown Black Locust Saplings

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