Drought resistance and water use efficiency of conifer seedlings treated with paclobutrazol

New Forests

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-83

  Van Den Driessche, R ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Container seedlings; Nutrients; Triazole; Weight growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030038337     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00034893     Document Type: Article

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