Physiological and morphological responses to nitrogen limitation in jack pine seedlings: Potential implications for drought tolerance

New Forests

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-31

  Tan, Weixing ^a   Hogan, Gary D ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoplasmic fraction; Dry weight fraction; Dry weight partitioning; Seedling quality; Tap root; Turgor maintenance

Indexed keywords

PARAGNETINA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 0030848983     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006546014858     Document Type: Article

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