Root Egress and Field Performance of Actively Growing Betula pendula Container Seedlings

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-144

  Luoranen, Jaana ^a   Rikala, Risto ^a   Smolander, Heikki ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Container Size; Diameter Growth; Field Performance; Height Growth; Hot lifting; Planting Date; Root Growth; Silver Birch; Summer Planting

Indexed keywords

DRYING; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

PLANTING;

SEED;

BETULA; BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 0042877334     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580310003704a     Document Type: Article

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