Seedling indices of four tree species in nursery and their correlations with field growth in Tamil Nadu, India

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 289-300

  Rawat, J S ^a   Singh, T P ^a  

^a THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Dryweight; Morphophysiological variables; Nursery selection

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; PLANT; SEEDLING; TREE;

INDIA;

ACACIA NILOTICA; ALBIZIA; ALBIZZIA LEBBECK; DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA SISSOO; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS;

EID: 0033866034     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006300606494     Document Type: Article

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