The effect of seed pretreatment and sowing date on the nursery emergence of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis [Bong.] Carr.) seedlings

Forestry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 335-345

  Jinks, R L ^a   Jones, S K ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PICEA SITCHENSIS; PINACEAE;

GERMINATION; NURSERY; SEED PRETREATMENT; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOWING DATE;

EID: 0030303125     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/69.4.335     Document Type: Article

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