The Effect of Minerals and Hormones on the Nutrients in Chinese Fir Leaves and Seed Set

• Published in: Plants (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 6; p. 887
• Main Authors: Duan, Yu, Zhao, Linying, Ye, Daiquan, Zhou, Jian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 12.03.2025; MDPI
• Subjects: Analysis; Carbohydrates; Carbon; Chinese fir; Cloning; Cunninghamia lanceolata; Effectiveness; Females; Fertilization; Fertilizers; Flowers & plants; Foliar applications; foliar fertilization; Forests; Germplasm; Hormones; Libraries; Nitrogen; Nutrient content; Nutrient utilization; Nutrients; Nutritional status; Optimal yield; Phosphorus; Pine needles; Plant growth; Potassium; Ratios; Seed set; seed-setting characteristics; Seeds; Spraying; Stoichiometry; Trees; Water control; China; Fujian China; United States > US; Massachusetts; Chinese fir; potassium; foliar fertilization; nitrogen; seed-setting characteristics; phosphorus

To investigate the impacts of various foliar fertilization levels on the carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium content in Chinese fir cuttings, along with their ecological stoichiometry ratios, we selected pruned dwarf Chinese fir clones exhibiting different seed-setting abilities as our subje...