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dc.contributor.advisorWalsh, Patricken
dc.contributor.authorCostello, Amyen
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-20T21:40:25Z
dc.date.available2017-03-20T21:40:25Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationCOSTELLO, A., 2011. Management and evaluation of a range of forest species for use as cut foliage. Unpublished thesis (Master of Science Engineering), Galway-Mayo Institute of Technologyen
dc.identifier.otherMScen
dc.identifier.urihttps://research.thea.ie/handle/20.500.12065/386
dc.description.abstractThis project explored the possibility of harvesting marketable foliage stems in addition to producing timber from plantations of Larix leptolepis, Cupressus macrocarpa ‘Goldcrest’ and Tsuga heterophylla. Data recorded from trial sites included both growth parameters, in the form of height and diameter increments, and production parameters in the form of foliage stem yields. Results varied with species and site type. In many cases, results achieved appear to have been influenced more by the biology of the trees than by the treatments alone. Trials were also established to investigate methods of managing old or over grown Abies procera Christmas tree plantations for forest foliage production. Shelf life testing and market research into the domestic trade of forest foliage were also conducted over the course of the project. Recommendations for managing forest plantations for foliage production as well as a general discussion on the industry are presented in this report.en
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dc.subjectMarketable foliage harvestingen
dc.subjectFoliage harvestingen
dc.subjectCut foliage industryen
dc.subjectForest managementen
dc.titleManagement and evaluation of a range of forest species for use as cut foliageen
dc.typeMaster thesis (taught)en
dc.publisher.institutionGalway-Mayo Institute of Technologyen
dc.rights.accessCreative Commonsen
dc.subject.departmentLife and Physical Sciences - GMITen


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