Control of growing medium water content and its effect on small seedlings grown in large containers

Tree Planters' Notes

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 48-54

  Lambany, Gil ^a   Renaud, Mario ^b   Beauchesne, Michel ^b  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^b NONE

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