Chesapeake Corporation of 

 West Point, VA (Clepper 

 1971). 



Information gained from 

 early regeneration studies 

 and the extensive planting 

 trials at Bogalusa, LA, was 

 summarized in a technical 

 bulletin on artificial regener- 

 ation in the southern pine 

 region (Wakeley 1935), 

 issued just in time to guide 

 the widespread tree- 

 planting efforts of the young 

 men in the Civilian Conser- 

 vation Corps camps estab- 

 lished Southwide in the 

 1930's. Planting guidelines 

 thus made available 

 stressed the importance of 

 proper geographic seed 

 source, the need to consider 

 soil type and characteristics 

 in selecting species for 

 planting, criteria for seedling 

 selection and planting 

 methods, and fencing 

 requirements. 



Continuing studies of pine 

 regeneration led in later 

 years to issuance of other 

 major publications on plant- 

 ing the southern pines 

 (Wakeley 1951 and 1954). 

 In 1965, the Georgia Forest 

 Research Council also 

 published the 360-page 

 book "A Guide to Loblolly 



and Slash Pine Plantation 

 Management in the South- 

 eastern United States," with 

 contributions from some 24 

 researchers (Wahlenberg 

 1965). Such documents 

 were widely used by forestry 

 organizations to guide 

 reforestation efforts during 

 the postwar tree-planting 

 boom in the South. 



Many other research contri- 

 butions have enhanced the 

 effectiveness and efficiency 

 of regeneration practices. 

 The need to protect 

 seedlings in nurseries from 

 diseases such as fusiform 

 rust quickly led to a search 

 for control methods. As a 

 result of work by scientists 

 such A. A. Foster (1961) 

 and S.J. Rowan (1979), 

 chemicals like ferbam, 

 applied under specific 

 schedules, were found to 

 be effective in protecting 

 nursery seedlings. Other 

 studies found that applying 

 benomyl, a systemic fungi- 

 cide, to the roots of pine 

 seedlings before planting 

 reduced brownspot disease, 

 increased survival, and 

 stimulated early height 

 growth. Tests of various 

 fumigants showed that 

 ethylene dibromide could 

 provide practical control of 



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