Root and shoot growth periodicity of Kalmia latifolia 'Sarah' and Ilex crenata 'Compacta'

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-247

  Wright, Amy N ^a,b   Warren, Stuart L ^a   Blazich, Frank A ^a   Blum, Udo ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Container grown; Japanese holly; Mountain laurel; Root:shoot ratio; Transplanting; Woody ornamental

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GROWTH KINETICS; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSPLANTS;

GROWTH RATES; ROOT GROWTH; SHOOT GROWTH;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

ILEX; ILEX CRENATA; KALMIA; KALMIA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 2042520107     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.2.243     Document Type: Article

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