Conclusion
Well-raised nursery seedlings are more likely to survive biotic field conditions than poorly raised ones. For planters to secure tree crop plantations, nursery management practices that insure seedling growth and development would play important role. This timeline analysis of seedling growth provides valuable information that could have not been unveiled if seedlings were only analysed at the end of nursery (Akpo et al., 2014). Throughout the nursery phase, the factor affecting seedling growth most was bag size. Bag size effects showed up during the first months after seedling transplanting. In contrast to bag size, substrate, fertiliser supply, and interaction effects were less important throughout the whole nursery phase. On the one hand, increasing effects of bag size on seedling growth over time allow to conclude that small containers are good options for short time nursery seedling production. On the other hand, large container size should be preferred for longer time nursery seedlings.
Further study should target a thorough and more nuanced analysis of bag size effects on seedling growth. Such studies would consist of testing not only three bag sizes but target a larger range of bag sizes to identify the minimum and critical bag size that does not lead to additional seedling growth for oil palm crop. Also for other crops, such data do not seem available and thus would merit further investigation.
ConclusionWell-raised nursery seedlings are more likely to survive biotic field conditions than poorly raised ones. For planters to secure tree crop plantations, nursery management practices that insure seedling growth and development would play important role. This timeline analysis of seedling growth provides valuable information that could have not been unveiled if seedlings were only analysed at the end of nursery (Akpo et al., 2014). Throughout the nursery phase, the factor affecting seedling growth most was bag size. Bag size effects showed up during the first months after seedling transplanting. In contrast to bag size, substrate, fertiliser supply, and interaction effects were less important throughout the whole nursery phase. On the one hand, increasing effects of bag size on seedling growth over time allow to conclude that small containers are good options for short time nursery seedling production. On the other hand, large container size should be preferred for longer time nursery seedlings.Further study should target a thorough and more nuanced analysis of bag size effects on seedling growth. Such studies would consist of testing not only three bag sizes but target a larger range of bag sizes to identify the minimum and critical bag size that does not lead to additional seedling growth for oil palm crop. Also for other crops, such data do not seem available and thus would merit further investigation.
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