Growth of Pedunculate Oak Seedlings under Soil Contamination by Mineral and Biodegradable Oils

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Milan Oršanić
• Author: Dubravko Horvat
• Author: Nikola Pernar
• Author: Marijan Šušnjar; MBZ: 250033
• Author: Darko Bakšić
• Author: Damir Drvodelić
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOTECHNICAL SCIENCES; Forestry

Abstract (english)

The purpose of this study is to research the effects of different concentrations of mineral and biodegradable oils for chainsaws on seedling growth of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) during two-year vegetation period. The paper also examines the influence of the above mentioned oils and their concentrations on the development of the seedling root system at the end of the second vegetation. Tests were carried out in forest nurseries on seven 1 m2 plots. Three plots were treated, after the planting of the pedunculate oak acorns, with biodegradable oil in the concentrations of 0.1 L/m2, 0.2 L/m2, and 0.5 L/m2. The other three plots were treated with mineral oil of the same concentrations. The control plot received only seed sowing. The analysis of the root system of the two-year-old seedlings of pedunculate oak was carried out with WinRHIZO ProLA 2400 software. The SAS and Statistica 7 program packages were used for the statistic data processing and for determination of statistically significant differences among variables. Results showed that the lower oil concentration the larger root lengths. The lowest heights of the two-year-old pedunculate oak seedlings were measured from the test plots treated with mineral oil and the highest on those from the plots treated with bio-oil, although the heights of seedlings from the control plots were very close to heights of those treated with bio-oil.

• Keywords (english): pedunculate oak seedlings; mineral oil; biodegradable oil; root system; growth
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering : Journal for Theory and Application of Forestry Engineering
• Numbering: vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 155-162
• p-ISSN: 1845-5719
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:108:101611
• Publication: 2008-12-06
• Document URL: https://hrcak.srce.hr/32191
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Closed access
• Created on: 2018-05-09 11:47:00