Effect of desiccation during cold storage on planting stock quality and field performance in forest species

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-111

  Garriou, Didier ^a,b   Girard, Sabine ^a,c   Guehl, Jean Marc ^a   Généré, Benoît ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c Inst Developpement Forestier   (France)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Field performance; Lifting date; Root growth potential; Seedling quality

Indexed keywords

PINUS NIGRA; QIONGZHUEA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 0034021622     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2000162     Document Type: Article

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