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Table 4--Southeast and South Central thinned management scenarios^a

Treatment/MIC	MIC Traditional	MIC2 Low	MIC3 Medium	MIC4 High	MIC5 VeryHigh
First Generation Genetics	N/A	Increase yield by 14% at CMAI	Increase yield by 14% at CMAI	Increase yield by 14% at CMAI	Increase yield by 14% at CMAI
Fertilization (N and P)	N/A	N/A	At time of thinning	At time of thinning	At time of thinning
Competing Vegetation Control	N/A	N/A	N/A	Increase SI by 5ft	Increase SI by 7ft
Thinning Regime: Southeast	All sites:1 thinning	All sites:1 thinning	Allsites:1 thinning	Allsites:1 thinning	Low:1 thinning; Med., High:2 thinnings
Thinning Regime: South Central	Low: 1thin; Med., High: 2 thinnings	Low: 1thin; Med., High: 2 thinnings	Low: 1thin; Med., High: 2 thinnings	Low: 1thin; Med., High: 2 thinnings	All sites: 2 thinnings

^a Planting density = 600 trees per ac; medium sites (SI=60); SI=site index; MIC=management intensity class; CMAI=culmination of mean annual increments.

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