Growth and hardening of four provenances of containerized white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) seedlings in response to the duration of 16 h long-night treatments

New Forests

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-166

  Coursolle, C ^a,b   Bigras, F J ^a   Margolis, H A ^b   Hebert C ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Frost tolerance; Nursery production; Photoperiod; Short days

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

DORMANCY; FROST TOLERANCE; NURSERY PRODUCTION; SEEDLINGS; WHITE SPRUCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CONIFEROUS TREE; FROST HARDINESS; GROWTH RATE; PHOTOPERIOD; SEEDLING;

EID: 0032168283     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006574102868     Document Type: Article

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