Agricultural Sciences

Vol.9 No.3(2018), Paper ID 82828, 10 pages

DOI:10.4236/as.2018.93018

 

Identifying Sustainable Practices for Tapping and Sap Collection from Birch Trees: Optimum Timing of Tapping Initiation and the Volume of Nonconductive Wood Associated with Taphole Wounds

 

Abby K. van den Berg, Mark L. Isselhardt, Timothy D. Perkins

 

Proctor Maple Research Center, The University of Vermont, Underhill, VT, USA
The University of Vermont Extension, Underhill, VT, USA
Proctor Maple Research Center, The University of Vermont, Underhill, VT, USA

 

Copyright © 2018 Abby K. van den Berg, Mark L. Isselhardt, Timothy D. Perkins et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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van den Berg, A. , Isselhardt, M. and Perkins, T. (2018) Identifying Sustainable Practices for Tapping and Sap Collection from Birch Trees: Optimum Timing of Tapping Initiation and the Volume of Nonconductive Wood Associated with Taphole Wounds. Agricultural Sciences, 9, 237-246. doi: 10.4236/as.2018.93018.

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