Class
Article
College
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
Department
Plants, Soils, and Climate Department
Faculty Mentor
Youping Sun
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Abstract
Maple sap is a popular agricultural product mainly produced in Quebec, Canada, and the Northeastern United States (U.S.).Almost the entire worldwide production of maple syrup exists in this area. Sugar maples (Acer saccharum) are the most popular tree to tap due to its higher sugar content. This species of maple doesn’t grow well in Utah’s soils, which might be a contributing factor to the lack of maple syrup production Utah. There exist about 211,714 boxelder (Acer negundo) trees that could be tapped in Utah. Estimates aren’t available for Norway maple (Acer platanoides) populations, but they exist in almost every park and street in Utah. Little to no information exists about the sap yield and quality of these maple species, and no information on how well they produce in Utah. The objectives of this research is to evaluate 1) the sap yield of the different maple species over the season, 2) the sap quality, 3) the effect soil nutrients has on sap nutrients and quality, 4) the effect tree circumference has on sap yield, and 5) the effect temperature has on sap yield.
Location
Logan, UT
Start Date
4-12-2023 11:30 AM
End Date
4-12-2023 12:30 PM
Included in
Preliminary Maple Sap Data For Boxelder and Norway Maples
Logan, UT
Maple sap is a popular agricultural product mainly produced in Quebec, Canada, and the Northeastern United States (U.S.).Almost the entire worldwide production of maple syrup exists in this area. Sugar maples (Acer saccharum) are the most popular tree to tap due to its higher sugar content. This species of maple doesn’t grow well in Utah’s soils, which might be a contributing factor to the lack of maple syrup production Utah. There exist about 211,714 boxelder (Acer negundo) trees that could be tapped in Utah. Estimates aren’t available for Norway maple (Acer platanoides) populations, but they exist in almost every park and street in Utah. Little to no information exists about the sap yield and quality of these maple species, and no information on how well they produce in Utah. The objectives of this research is to evaluate 1) the sap yield of the different maple species over the season, 2) the sap quality, 3) the effect soil nutrients has on sap nutrients and quality, 4) the effect tree circumference has on sap yield, and 5) the effect temperature has on sap yield.