{"id":82733,"date":"2019-01-30T12:12:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T17:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/nos-publications\/root-ratio-imited-use-evaluating-quality-container-conifer-stock\/"},"modified":"2019-01-30T12:12:06","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T17:12:06","slug":"root-ratio-imited-use-evaluating-quality-container-conifer-stock","status":"publish","type":"cpt_publication","link":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/our-publications\/root-ratio-imited-use-evaluating-quality-container-conifer-stock\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoot: Root ratio is of limited use in evaluating the quality of container conifer stock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Published in <strong>Tree Planters&#8217; Note 46(3): 102-106<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ratio of shoot dry mass to root dry mass, or shoot:root ratio, is sometimes used to evaluate the drought avoidance potential of container conifer stock. A review of published data from plantation trials reveals, however, that this relationship does not hold for container conifer seedlings. It is argued that the particular cultural conditions of container production favor root proliferation beyond strict physiological needs and that, once outplanted, the root plug-soil interface imposes a stronger limit on water and nutrient absorption by the seedlings than the roots themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published in Tree Planters&#8217; Note 46(3): 102-106 The ratio of shoot dry mass to root dry mass, or shoot:root ratio, is sometimes used to evaluate the drought avoidance potential of container conifer stock. A review of published data from plantation trials reveals, however, that this relationship does not hold for container conifer seedlings. It is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","format":"standard","cptt_secteur":[1179],"cptt_theme":[1180,1181,1187],"cptt_categ_publi":[1149],"cptt_auteurs_ministeriels":[1093],"class_list":["post-82733","cpt_publication","type-cpt_publication","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","cptt_secteur-forests","cptt_theme-forestry-research","cptt_theme-forests","cptt_theme-seeds-and-forest-seedlings-production","cptt_categ_publi-scientific-article","cptt_auteurs_ministeriels-m-lamhamedi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shoot: Root ratio is of limited use in evaluating the quality of container conifer stock - Minist\u00e8re des Ressources naturelles et des For\u00eats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Article about root ratio is of limited use in evaluating the quality of container conifer stock\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/our-publications\/root-ratio-imited-use-evaluating-quality-container-conifer-stock\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shoot: Root ratio is of limited use in evaluating the quality of container conifer stock - Minist\u00e8re des Ressources naturelles et des For\u00eats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Article about root ratio is of limited use in evaluating the quality of container conifer stock\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/our-publications\/root-ratio-imited-use-evaluating-quality-container-conifer-stock\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Minist\u00e8re des Ressources naturelles et des For\u00eats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RessourcesNaturellesForets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-g%c3%a9n%c3%a9rale-hiver_FB.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mrnfqc\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/our-publications\/root-ratio-imited-use-evaluating-quality-container-conifer-stock\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/our-publications\/root-ratio-imited-use-evaluating-quality-container-conifer-stock\/\",\"name\":\"Shoot: Root ratio is of limited use in evaluating the quality of container conifer stock - Minist\u00e8re des Ressources naturelles et des For\u00eats\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-30T17:12:06+00:00\",\"description\":\"Article about root ratio is of limited use in evaluating the quality of container conifer stock\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/our-publications\/root-ratio-imited-use-evaluating-quality-container-conifer-stock\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/our-publications\/root-ratio-imited-use-evaluating-quality-container-conifer-stock\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/our-publications\/root-ratio-imited-use-evaluating-quality-container-conifer-stock\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Publications\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/nos-publications\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Shoot: Root ratio is of limited use in evaluating the quality of container conifer stock\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/\",\"name\":\"Minist\u00e8re des Ressources naturelles et des For\u00eats\",\"description\":\"Prototype WordPress\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Shoot: Root ratio is of limited use in evaluating the quality of container conifer stock - Minist\u00e8re des Ressources naturelles et des For\u00eats","description":"Article about root ratio is of limited use in evaluating the quality of container conifer stock","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/our-publications\/root-ratio-imited-use-evaluating-quality-container-conifer-stock\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Shoot: Root ratio is of limited use in evaluating the quality of container conifer stock - Minist\u00e8re des Ressources naturelles et des For\u00eats","og_description":"Article about root ratio is of limited use in evaluating the quality of container conifer stock","og_url":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/our-publications\/root-ratio-imited-use-evaluating-quality-container-conifer-stock\/","og_site_name":"Minist\u00e8re des Ressources naturelles et des For\u00eats","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RessourcesNaturellesForets\/","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-g%c3%a9n%c3%a9rale-hiver_FB.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@mrnfqc","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/our-publications\/root-ratio-imited-use-evaluating-quality-container-conifer-stock\/","url":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/our-publications\/root-ratio-imited-use-evaluating-quality-container-conifer-stock\/","name":"Shoot: Root ratio is of limited use in evaluating the quality of container conifer stock - Minist\u00e8re des Ressources naturelles et des For\u00eats","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-01-30T17:12:06+00:00","description":"Article about root ratio is of limited use in evaluating the quality of container conifer stock","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/our-publications\/root-ratio-imited-use-evaluating-quality-container-conifer-stock\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/our-publications\/root-ratio-imited-use-evaluating-quality-container-conifer-stock\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/our-publications\/root-ratio-imited-use-evaluating-quality-container-conifer-stock\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Publications","item":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/nos-publications\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Shoot: Root ratio is of limited use in evaluating the quality of container conifer stock"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/","name":"Minist\u00e8re des Ressources naturelles et des For\u00eats","description":"Prototype WordPress","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_publication\/82733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_publication"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cpt_publication"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_publication\/82733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cptt_secteur","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cptt_secteur?post=82733"},{"taxonomy":"cptt_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cptt_theme?post=82733"},{"taxonomy":"cptt_categ_publi","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cptt_categ_publi?post=82733"},{"taxonomy":"cptt_auteurs_ministeriels","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cptt_auteurs_ministeriels?post=82733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}