Mulch and hexazinone herbicide shorten the time longleaf pine seedlings are in the grass stage and increase height growth

New Forests

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 279-290

  Haywood, James D ^a,b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition control; Loblolly pine; P. taeda L.; Pinus palustris Mill.; Plantation establishment; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; HERBICIDE; MULCHING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WEED CONTROL;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0034028699     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006673509218     Document Type: Article

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