The Influence of Soil Properties in Discrete Mounds on the Growth of Norway Spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.) Seedlings. P. 60–76

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The aim of the study has been to identify the most significant soil factors of the root layer (water-physical and agrochemical) for ensuring the growth of Norway spruce. The research has been carried out in 5-year-old crops created at the mounds prepared by an excavator at the fresh cutting of blueberry-type forest in the Vilegodsky forestry of the Arkhangelsk Region. 2-year-old planting stock of Norway spruce with a closed root system (2.0 thousand pcs./ha) has been used. For 1 mound, 2–3 seedlings have been planted: in the centre, at the edge away from the hole, and at the edge near the hole formed during the preparation of the planting site. The main biometric parameters have been measured in seedlings (60 pcs.) and in similarly aged spruce undergrowth (40 pcs.) of the subsequent generation in the cutting strip. Multivariate statistics methods have been used to analyze the data. It has been determined that the most responsive to differences in growing conditions are plant height associated with growth, as well as the length of lateral roots. It has been found that, based on the similarity of water-physical and agrophysical properties in the root layer of spruce grow ing in the cutting strip, the central part of the planting site is closer. These conditions have also contributed to a better growth of seedlings in the centre, compared to the edges of the mound (near the hole and away from the hole). It has been established that the priority in ensuring the growth parameters of spruce in the 1st years of life largely belongs to water-physical properties, such as the mound height, porosity, solid body density, and moisture content, as well as the closely related density of soil structure and aeration porosity. At the same time, of the agrochemical indicators, only the content of potassium and phosphorus (at the trend level) have turned out to be significant. In practical terms, the results obtained make it possible to adjust the recommendations for discrete soil tillage with an excavator and the placement of planting material in planting sites. They will be useful in predicting the growth of planting material using rapid methods of soil research.

Authors

Aleksey S. Ilintsev^1,2, Candidate of Agriculture, Senior Research Scientist, Assoc. Prof.; ResearcherID: N-6286-2019, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3524-4665
Elena N. Nakvasina², Doctor of Agriculture, Prof.; ResearcherID: A-5165-2013, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7360-3975
Alexey G. Volkov², Candidate of Biology, Assoc. Prof.; ResearcherID: D-7384-2017, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3082-6263
Alexander P. Bogdanov^1,2, Candidate of Agriculture, Senior Research Scientist, Assoc. Prof.; ResearcherID: A-8611-2019, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1655-7212
Nikita A. Bun’kov², Postgraduate Student; ResearcherID: MGW-2663-2025, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5216-8843

Affiliation

¹Northern Research Institute of Forestry, ul. Nikitova, 13, Arkhangelsk, 163062, Russian Federation; a.ilintsev@narfu.ru^, aleksandr_bogd@mail.ru
²Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny, 17, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russian Federation; a.ilintsev@narfu.ru^, nakvasina@yandex.ru, a.g.volkov@narfu.ru, aleksandr_bogd@mail.ru, bunjkov.n@edu.narfu.ru

Keywords

forest crops, growth, water-physical properties of the soil, agrochemical properties of the soil, impact on growth, modeling of mutual influence

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Ilintsev A.S., Nakvasina E.N., Volkov A.G., Bogdanov A.P., Bun’kov N.A. The Influence of Soil Properties in Discrete Mounds on the Growth of Norway Spruce (Picea abies L. Karst) Seedlings. Lesnoy Zhurnal = Russian Forestry Journal, 2025, no. 6, pp. 60–76. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.37482/0536-1036-2025-6-60-76

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