First-year growth response of four Populus trichocarpa x Populus deltoides clones to fertilizer placement and level

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 554-562

  Van den Driessche, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLONE; FERTILIZER EFFECT; HYBRID; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT GROWTH;

POPULUS DELTOIDES; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 0033053388     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-022     Document Type: Article

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