PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Davis, Anthony S
AU  - Pinto, Jeremiah R
AU  - Jacobs, Douglass F
TI  - Early field performance of <em>Acacia koa</em> seedlings grown under subirrigation and overhead irrigation
AID  - 10.3368/npj.12.2.94
DP  - 2011 Jun 20
TA  - Native Plants Journal
PG  - 94--99
VI  - 12
IP  - 2
4099  - http://npj.uwpress.org/content/12/2/94.short
4100  - http://npj.uwpress.org/content/12/2/94.full
SO  - NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL2011 Jun 20; 12
AB  - Koa (Acacia koa A. Gray [Fabaceae]) seedlings were grown with subirrigation and overhead irrigation systems in an effort to characterize post-nursery field performance. One year following outplanting, we found no differences in seedling height or survival, but root-collar diameter was significantly larger for subirrigated seedlings. This indicates that koa seedlings, with equal or better morphological quality compared with overhead irrigated seedlings, can be effectively produced using subirrigation systems, thus allowing for potential reductions in water use and wastewater during nursery culture.