Nutritional and sexual responses of jack pine to ammonium nitrate and gibberellins

Forest Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 136-153

  Fogal, Willard H ^a   Larocque, Guy R ^b   Lopushanski, Stan M ^c   Schooley, Hugh O ^c   Anderson, Moegens L ^c   Edwards, Ivor K ^d   Coleman, S Jane ^e   Wolynetz, Mark S ^c  

^a Ecology Products and Services   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c RR 3 ^*  (Canada)

^d NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^e Gartner Lee Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

GA(4 7) application; Pinus banksiana Lamb; Seed orchard; Soil fertilization

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CANADA; FERTILIZATION; GIBBERELLIN; GROWTH REGULATION; NUTRIENT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; STROBILUS;

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 0032972761     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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