Nitrogen nutrition of hedged stock plants of Loblolly Pine. I. Tissue nitrogen concentrations and carbohydrate status

New Forests

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-51

  Rowe, D Bradley ^a   Blazich, Frank A ^a   Raper, C David ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conifer; Pinaceae; Pinus taeda; Vegetative propagation

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); STARCH; TISSUE;

TISSUE ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

NUTRITION; SILVICULTURE; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINACEAE; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0036630021     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020551029894     Document Type: Article

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