Influence of cotyledon removal on early seedling growth in Quercus robur L.

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-73

  García Cebrián, Francisco ^a   Esteso Martínez, Jordán ^a   Gil Pelegrín, Eustaquio ^a  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cotyledon; Nitrogen transfer; Quercus robur L.; Reserve effect

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; SEEDLING;

CORVIDAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 0038814874     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2002075     Document Type: Article

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