Physical and nutritional characteristics and performance after planting of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. seedlings from ten nurseries: Implications for seedling specifications

Australian Forestry

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-152

  Close, D C ^a,c   Bail, I ^b   Beadle, C L ^c   Clasen, Q C ^b  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Production Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^b Timbercorp Treefarms Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Eucalyptus globulus; Foliar nutrition; Forest nurseries; Hardiness; Nitrogen; Planting stock; Root shoot ratio; Seedling growth

Indexed keywords

NUTRITION; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SEED; SULFUR;

FOLIAR NUTRITION;

FORESTRY;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 0038382318     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2003.10674904     Document Type: Article

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