To evaluate the long-term implications of browsing for forest dynamics, field studies of seedling recruitment, seedling growth, and photosynthetic performance are used to adapt a forest gap model (ZELIG) for simulating browsing interactions with tree species life history characteristics.
They partly differ in germination rates and stratification demands (Perglová et al. 2009), but in the field the majority of seedlings emerge within one month (April) (J. Čuda, pers. obs).
Gripenberg, S. et al. Testing for enemy-mediated density-dependence in the mortality of seedlings: field experiments with five Neotropical tree species.
Mutants were assessed visually in the field, by quantifying chitin levels in field samples, macroscopic observations and microscopic analysis of seedlings grown under controlled conditions.
However, this practice often results in low survival of seedlings in the field, especially in the tropics under rain fed conditions.
Since the majority of the tested potting media were hydrophobic in nature (under dry conditions), and hydrophobicity affects survival of seedlings in the field, we recommend testing of potting media for hydrophobicity as a complimentary requirement of the Australian Standards.
On the other hand however, a small SNP assay comprising GWA-significant SNPs for the key breeding traits could be used for pre-screening of seedlings before further field evaluation.
A survival analysis modeling the risk of seedlings' death in an infested field site using field-recorded data revealed contrasting effects of growth and disease phenotypes on seedlings' field survival time.
This protocol uses field soil collected from take-all free fields (fields not sown with cereals) and artificial inoculum addition to assess the infection of seedlings with take-all.
This 5 week seedling pot test protocol used field soil collected from take-all free fields (fields not sown with cereals) and artificial Ggt inoculum addition to assess the infection of seedlings.
