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Information for Sustainable Agriculture

POPLARS

Station Trials


Station poplar publications on-line:

2008

          Micro-irrigation Alternatives for Hybrid Poplar Production, 2008 Trial

2007

          Microirrigation Alternatives for Hybrid Poplar Production, 2007 Trial
          Effect of Pruning Severity on the Annual Growth of Hybrid Poplar through 2007
          Performance of Hybrid Poplar Clones on an Alkaline Soil through 2007

2006

          Performance of Hybrid Poplar Clones on an Alkaline Soil through 2006
          Micro-irrigation Alternatives for Hybrid Poplar Production, 2006 Trial
          Effect of Pruning Severity on the Annual Growth of Hybrid Poplar through 2006

2005
2004
2003
2002

2001
2000

1999

Other Links to Poplar Information

1. Growers guides

British Columbia guide for growers
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/docs/En/En47.pdf

Segal Ranch, site selection
http://hybridpoplar.com/home/sr1/growing_main.html

Ron Stoffel's production guide
http://www.forestry.umn.edu/publications/proceedings/papers/Stoffel-Duluth.pdf

Wisconsin web site for growers

A detailed reference on the production of poplars
Ecology and silviculture of poplar plantations

British Columbia small woodlands program
http://www.woodlot.bc.ca/swp/

Fast Trees, Wisconsin, site selection avoid summer flooding

Minnesota poplar improvement program
http://www.forestry.umn.edu/publications/proceedings/papers/Berguson-Duluth.pdf

2. Productivity

Importance of site selection in productivity
http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/201697-kAjt8Z/webviewable/201697.pdf

WSU hybrid poplar productivity estimates
http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/poplar/rschprojects/rsch1.htm

3. Environmental Concerns

USDA Forest Service Wastewater Remediation Using Poplar
http://www.unl.edu/nac/afnotes/spec-3/spec-3.pdf

EPA Assessment of Hybrid Poplar Cultivation
http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/omp.nsf/b380f72ce20f16c188256f0100719be8/3360b50e6600b73c8825705a005988fa!OpenDocument

Environmental effects of Poplar Plantations
http://www.princeton.edu/~ota/disk1/1993/9337/9337.PDF

Environmental Enhancement using Short Rotation tree crops
http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/201697-kAjt8Z/webviewable/201697.pdf

4. Identification Guides

Oregon State University Horticulture Department
http://hort.oregonstate.edu/

A guide to Ohio poplar species classification
http://ohioline.osu.edu/b700/b700_20.html

North Dakota sheets on Hybrid poplar
http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/aginfo/trees/handbook/th-3-133.pdf
and Cottonwood
http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/aginfo/trees/handbook/th-3-111.pdf

5. Irrigation Guides

Drip irrigation guide for growers of hybrid poplar

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For additional information about the Malheur Agricultural Experiment Station, please send an e-mail request to:
Dr. Clinton C. Shock
Clinton.Shock@oregonstate.edu


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