Vegetative propagation of African Mahogany: Effects of auxin, node position, leaf area and cutting length

New Forests

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-136

  Tchoundjeu, Z ^a   Leakey, R R B ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Khaya ivorensis; Mist propagation; Rooting; Tree improvement

Indexed keywords

KHAYA IVORENSIS;

EID: 0030039098     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00033408     Document Type: Article

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