Promotion of flowering in Eucalyptus nitens by paclobutrazol was enhanced by nitrogen fertilizer

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-81

  Williams, Dean R ^a   Potts, Brad M ^a   Smethurst, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS; SEED;

FLOWERING;

FORESTRY;

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLOWERING; GROWTH REGULATOR; NITROGEN; SILVICULTURE;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS;

EID: 0037285071     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-157     Document Type: Article

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