Increase of productivity of eucalypts by means of rational technology applied to the soil-plant-water system

Abstract

The principal objective of this project is to obtain a 15% production increase in large or small eucalyptus plantations. It involves adopting an agronomic approach to the forestry field. considering the eucalyptus trees as plants rather than as forests. Thus, increasing raw material for the cellulose industry as well as the one destined for the international chip markets. The project was developed by the Universidad Católica de Temuco and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, with the cooperation of Instituto Forestal in the technological transference area, and is funded by the Fondo de Fomento al Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (FONDEF), Forestal Mininco S.A., Forestal y Agrícola Monte Aguila S.A., Bosques Cautín S.A. and ANAGRA S.A.