Optimal timing of gibberellin A4/7 application to increase female strobilus numbers in a Pinus radiata seed orchard

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 339-347

  Siregar, Iskandar Z ^a   Sweet, G B ^b  

^a BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gibberellin; Pinus radiata; Seed orchard; Strobilus production

Indexed keywords

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 0000061528     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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