Root dimensions of landscape tree cultivars

Journal of Arboriculture

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 322-326

  Gerhold, Henry D ^a   Johnson, Andra D ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amelanchier 'Snowcloud'; Amelanchier Autumn Brilliance ; Amelanchier Cumulus'; Mallus 'Professor Sprenger'; Malus Harvest Gold ; Pyrus calleryana 'Autumn Blaze'; Pyrus calleryana Chanticleer ; Root biomass; Root depth; Root length; Roots; Standard root ball; Syringa reliculata 'Ivory Silk'

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; CULTIVAR; ROOT SYSTEM; TREE;

AMELANCHIER; MALUS; PYRUS CALLERYANA; SYRINGA;

EID: 0344961777     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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