Effects of induction treatments on flowering in Populus deltoides

Tree Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 489-495

  Yuceer, Cetin ^a   Kubiske, Mark E ^b   Harkess, Richard L ^c   Land Jr , Samuel B ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USFS Forest Science Laboratory   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cottonwood; Early flowering; Girdling; Juvenile; Mature; Paclobutrazol; Precocious flowering; Root pruning; Water stress

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; PRUNING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TREE; WATER STRESS;

POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 0038661734     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/23.7.489     Document Type: Article

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