JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 1983, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (02): 60-67.doi: 10.3969/j.jssn.1000-2006.1983.02.005

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A STUDY OF THE GROWTH INDEX OF SOME AIGEIROS CLONES

Han Fuqing & Lu Shixing   

  1. Department of Forestry
  • Online:1983-06-18 Published:1983-04-18

Abstract: Heights and BHDs of 1-6 years old trees of six Aigeiros clones, namely Populus deltoides Bartr. cv. ’Harvard’, Populus deltoides Battr. cv. ’Lux’, Populus × eurame-ricana (Dode) Guinier cv. ’san Martino’, Populus × curamericana (Dode) cv. ’I-214’, Populus×euramericana (Dode) Guinier cv. ’I-45/51’ and Populus nigra L. cv. ’blane de garonne’, were measured. Results showed that the trees are growing well in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Henan, Jiangsi, Hunan and Hubei Provinces. A monomolecular growth model, Y=M(1-LeKA), was used in calculating the growth index and the lesult of calculation showed a close approximation to the actual growth of the trees. This method can be applied to the trees growing in the open or in sparse woods under various conditions,