Upper Peninsula Tree Improvement Center

Fiber Farming
Resources

  1. Guidelines for establishing poplar plantations in the north-central U.S. 1993. Hansen, Netzer, and Tolsted. USDA Forest Service North Central Experiment Station Research Note NC-363.
  2. Hybrid poplars as an alternative crop. 2002. College of Natural Resources, University of Minnesota Extension Service Natural Resources Special Report NRSR-2.
  3. Establishing a short rotation intensive culture poplar plantation. 1998. Stanosz and Calabro. Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin publication FCDU002.
  4. Fiber farming using Populus hybrids, aspen, and European larch in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. 2004. Michigan State University, Upper Peninsula Tree Improvement Center On-line library.
  5. The silviculture of hybrid poplar plantations. 2000. Thomas, Comeau, and Brown. B.C. Ministry of Forests, Research Branch Extension Note 47.
  6. Growing aspen fiber in Michigan: a rationale for producing this material in short rotation, intensively cultured plantations on abandoned agricultural land in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. 1998. Miller. Michigan State University, Upper Peninsula Tree Improvement Center On-line Library.
  7. Imazaquin and pendimethalin use for weed control in hybrid poplar plantations in Michigan: Second-year results. 2002. Miller. Michigan State University, Upper Peninsula Tree Improvement Center On-line Library.
  8. Reducing deer damage to forest crops. 1998. Bender. Michigan State University, Upper Peninsula Tree Improvement Center On-line Library.
  9. Ecology and silviculture of poplar plantations. 2001. Stanturf, et. al. IN: Poplar Culture of North America. Part A, Chapter 5. Edited by Dickmann, et. al.
  10. Growing Hybrid Poplars as a Crop. Minnesota Hybrid Research Cooperative (Agricultural Utilization Research Institute) - WEB SITE
  11. A guide to insect, disease, and animal pests of poplars. 1988. Ostry, et. al. USDA Forest Service Agricultural Handbook 677.
Acknowledgements
Fiber farming research at the Upper Peninsula Tree Improvement Center in Escanaba, MI has been funded in part by the Michigan Agriculture Experiment Station, MeadWestvaco, and BASF Corporation.
 

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