dc.contributor.author | Georgeson, Melissa | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-05T15:35:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-04-05T15:35:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-04-05 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/21463 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Christmas tree and greenery trade is a multi-million dollar industry in Atlantic Canada. Christmas trees grown in Nova Scotia are shipped internationally especially, to the United States. This thesis was set out to answer the over-arching hypothesis: pre- and post- harvest needle nutrient content influences post-harvest needle retention. Through a series of experiments it was shown that the pre-harvest needle P, Ca, Mg, Mn, Zn and B contents do not appear to be directly linked to post-harvest needle retention. Alternatively, the pre-harvest needle N, K, Cu and Fe contents significantly, but negatively influenced post-harvest needle retention. By maintaining needle N, K, Cu and Fe concentrations below 1.5 %, 0.55 %, 3.7 ppm and 35 ppm, respectively may extend needle retention in balsam fir. Xylem-fed nutrients negatively influenced needle retention. As well, foliar applications of calcium and zinc citrate did not promote needle retention at the concentrations used. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Plant nutrition | en_US |
dc.subject | balsam fir | en_US |
dc.subject | needle retention | en_US |
dc.subject | nutrients | en_US |
dc.title | Determining the Relationship Between Needle Nutrition and Post-harvest Needle Retention in Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2013-03-21 | |
dc.contributor.department | Faculty of Agriculture | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Dr. Steeve Pepin | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Dr. Dian Patterson | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Rajasekaran Lada | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Claude Caldwell | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Gordon Brewster | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Steeve Pepin | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Rajasekaran Lada | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.relation.isnodouble | 74523 | * |