Growth of young apple trees in relation to reserve nitrogen and carbohydrates

Tree Physiology

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 1297-1303

  Cheng, Lailiang ^a   Fuchigami, Leslie H ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertigation; Foliar urea; Growth; Malus domestica; Remobilization; Total nonstructural carbohydrates (TNC)

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH; NITROGEN;

MALUS DOMESTICA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0036965033     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/22.18.1297     Document Type: Article

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