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Tuesday, July 26
Day 2 Concurrent Session Papers

Session 1

Time Presenter Title
10:30-11:20 Bob Wagner Top 10 principles for managing competing vegetation to maximize
regeneration success and long-term yields
11:20-11:45 Bill Parker Effects of early herbaceous and woody vegetation control on
seedling microclimate and physiology of eastern white pine
11:45-12:10 David South

Root bound index: a stock quality attribute for container-grown pines

12:10-12:35 Diane Haase Nursery Technology Cooperative: 20-Year Evolution of a Research Program
to Optimize Seedling Quality & Reforestation
Session 2
Time Presenter Title
10:30-10:55 Anthony Davis Afforestation in the central hardwood forest region of the USA
10:55-11:20 Charles Michler Hardwood genetics and tree improvement: A Midwest USA perspective
11:20-11:45 Dave Bradley Experiences from 25 years of tree planting in Ontario
11:45-12:10 Patrick Martin Improving regeneration performance standards: comments based on early experience
with three new approaches in British Columbia
12:10-12:35 Colin Bowling Benchmark renewal standards: what you see is what you get... (not)

 

Thursday, July 28
Day 4 Concurrent Session Papers

Session 3
Time Presenter Title
10:30-10:55 Chris Hawkins Deciduous competition; impact on growth of plantation spruce
10:55-11:20 Rongzhou Man Growth of aspen and white spruce in planted mixtures
11:20-11:45 Chris Keyes Intensive management of stump sprout reproduction in coppice-regenerated
coast redwoods
11:45-12:10 Yukihito Ochiai Gap planting in pure conifer stands in Japan
12:10-12:35 John Brissette Natural regeneration with shelterwood silviculture in the
Acadian Forest Region
Session 4
Time Presenter Title
10:20-10:45 Francis Salifu Maximizing nutrient storage in nursery culture to promote
retranslocation and growth of planted seedlings
10:45-11:10 Vic Timmer Root-zone electrical conductivity monitoring for nutrient loading
and spiking of container tree seedlings
11:10-11:35 Sylvie Carles Turning off the tap: controlling nutrient leaching, growth and hardening of
containerized white spruce seedlings through irrigation management
11:35-12:00 Wayne Smith Nine different nursery fertilizer regimes affect jack pine plantation
growth 12 years later
12:10-12:35 Steve Kiiskila

Effect of planting date on stand establishment

 

Session 5
Time Presenter Title
10:30-10:55 Anders Mattsson Field performance of Mini seedlings in Sweden: 5th year results
10:55-11:20 Steve Grossnickle Seedling size and reforestation success -- How big is big enough?
11:20-11:45 Ali Quoreshi Mycorrhizal biotechnology for reclamation of oil sand composite tailings
and tailings land in Alberta
11:45-12:10 Ryan Murphy The influence of mycorrhizal inoculation and site preparation on
the extended planting season of jack pine seedlings
12:10-12:35 Nancy Luckai Twenty year results from a jack pine mycorrhizae study near Raith, Ontario