Enhanced growth and ethylene increases spiral grain formation in Picea abies and Abies balsarnea trees

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-86

  Eklund, Leif ^a   Säll, Harald ^a   Linder, Sune ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Fertilisation; Growth rate; Picea abies; Spiral grain

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SEED;

SEEDLINGS;

FORESTRY;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0037215736     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-002-0210-6     Document Type: Article

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