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Energy and wood from intensively cultured plantations: research and development program

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6660367
Results from the following research programs are reviewed: selection of promising species, stand establishment methods, fiber and energy yields in response to spacing and harvest cycles, yield response to nutrient and moisture regimes, effect of crown architecture and canopy density on yield, physiological factors influencing yield, raw material quality of intensive culture trees, diseases of intensive culture species, insect problems in intensive culture, design of mechanized equipment for intensive culture systems, cost of producing wood for fuel and fiber, and industrial cooperation. (MHR)
Research Organization:
Forest Service, St. Paul, MN (USA). North Central Forest Experiment Station
OSTI ID:
6660367
Report Number(s):
GTR-NC-58
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English