Slits in container wall improve root structure and stem straightness of outplanted Scots pine seedlings

Silva Fennica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-342

  Rune, Göran ^a  

^a DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mechanical instability; Pinus sylvestris; Root morphology; Slitwall container; Solidwall container; Stem straightness

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

SOIL FERTILITY;

SEED;

PLANT ARCHITECTURE; PROPAGATION (HORTICULTURE); ROOT SYSTEM; SEEDLING; SILVICULTURE; SOIL FERTILITY;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0042284734     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.493     Document Type: Article

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