Nursery factors influencing containerized Pinus pinaster seedlings' initial growth

Silva Fennica

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-270

  Fraysse, Jean Yves ^a   Crémière, Loïc ^a  

^a AFOCEL   (France)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Growth; Maritime pine; Nitrogen; Nursery; Planting date; Sowing date

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037995798     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.686     Document Type: Article

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