Effects of Polyacrylamide on Establishment and Growth of Crested Wheatgrass Seedlings and Sagebrush Tubelings
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Proceedings Ecology and Management of Annual Rangelands, USDA Forest Service General Technical Report INT-GTR-313
Publication Date
1994
Abstract
Experiments employing two forms (cross-linked and noncross-linked) of polyacrylamide (PAM) at 0.2 percent, mixed with a silt loam Xerollic Calciorthid top soil, were performed in 1991. Larger cracks and lower mean penetrometer resistance occurred in the two PAM treatments compared to the untreated control. The two kinds of PAM failed to produce significant differences in soil moisture or crested wheatgrass (Agropyron desertorum) germination. Oneyear-old tubelings of big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) did not grow significantly faster or flower significantly sooner or more abundantly than the untreated controls.
First Page
275
Last Page
279
Recommended Citation
Al-Rowaily, S.L.; West, N.E. 1994. Effects of Polyacrylamide on Establishment and Growth of Crested Wheatgrass Seedlings and Sagebrush Tubelings. Proceedings Ecology and Management of Annual Rangelands, USDA Forest Service General Technical Report INT-GTR-313. 275-279.