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Manzanita control in ponderosa: Prescribed burning used to kill brush and to deplete seed source in the soil and promote germination of pine seedlings

authors

H. H. Biswell, University of California
A. M. Schultz, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 12(2):12-12. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v012n02p12. February 1958.

Summary

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Prescribed burning has been used successfully to manipulate brush in second-growth ponderosa pine to increase desirable plants; to kill mature brush plants; to kill brush seedlings and deplete the amount of seeds in the soil; and, at the same time, to prepare a better seedbed for pine seedling germination.

author affiliations

H. H. Biswell is Professor of Forestry, University of California, Berkeley. A. M. Schultz is Specialist in Forestry, University of California, Berkeley.

author notes

The above reported studies are a part of a project conducted cooperatively by the University of California and the California Department of Fish and Game under Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act Project 51-R.


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