Timing and K-IBA treatments affect rooting of stem cuttings of cephalotaxus harringtonia

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 222-223

  Southworth, Andrea L ^a   Dirr, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxin; Japanese plum yew; Timing; Vegetative propagation

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOTAXUS; CEPHALOTAXUS HARRINGTONIA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; TAXUS;

EID: 0141862678     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.2.222     Document Type: Article

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