Field testing of paper/polymerized vegetable oil mulches for enhancing growth of eastern cottonwood trees for pulp

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 208, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 115-122

  Shogren, Randal L ^a   Rousseau, Randall J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MeadWestvaco Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cottonwood; Mulch; Paper; Soybean oil

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; OILS AND FATS; PAPER; POLYETHYLENES; PULP;

OIL-COATED PAPER MULCHES; POLYETHYLENE MULCHES; TREE GROWTH; VISIBLE DEGRADATION;

FORESTRY;

GROWTH RATE; MULCH; SILVICULTURE; VEGETABLE OIL;

BIODEGRADATION; FORESTRY; MULCH; POLYETHYLENE; PULPS; VEGETABLE OIL; WEEDS;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GLYCINE MAX; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 14744282759     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.11.019     Document Type: Article

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