Efectos del uso de contenedor profundo en quercus suber. Resultados prelimina- res de un proyecto de transferencia de tecnología (sierra calderona, españa). Effects of deep containers use in quercus suber. Preliminary results from a technology transfer project (sierra calderona, spain).

The forest container determines the morph-functional characteristics of saplings in general, the quality of plants produced. Dispose of a long main root in plants produced can determine its survival in regions with strong hydric constrains. Technology transfer is a way to bring society the investigations result. This study shows the preliminary results of a project on technology transfer Natural Park Sierra Calderona (Castellon, Spain). The aim of this study was to determine the effects of the utilization of a deep container on growth and biomass distribution of Quercus Suber during cultivation in vivarium; as well as to evaluate during the first year its adaptation to the field in alcornocales degraded of the Nature Reserve. For a year, saplings of Quercus Suber L were grown in greenhouse in two types of containers CCS-18 (short, 18 cm depth) and CCL-30 (length, 30 cm depth). They were then transplanted into three experimental plots of degraded scrub. The results at the end of nursery crop indicated morphological differences (stem height and biomass) among the saplings grown in deep container (CCL-30) and container of standard depth (CCS-18). After a first year planting (preliminary result), survival was high (87.5%), although no differences were observed between treatments.