AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPORTANT MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF ANATOLIAN BLACK PINE SEEDLINGS IN SEMIARID FOREST NURSERY

The use of quality seedling is important in reforestation studies. In this study, seedling quality for Anatolian black pines were evaluated at forest nursery in semiarid Cankiri conditions. For this reason, quality of seedlings with different origins were evaluated using their morphological properties such as seedling height (cm), root collar diameter (mm), dry root weight (g), stem dry weight, and number of lateral roots. Five groups of Anatolian black pines seedlings (1+0 and 2+0 aged, tubed, and bare-rooted Ismetpasa and Amsaya origins) were used and data were compared by two-tailed independent t-test. Results showed that 2+0 aged seedlings grown in tubes developed better than others and that a significant difference occurred between two age groups and growth types.