The status and future of stock quality testing

New Forests

Volumn 13, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 481-504

  Mohammed, Gina H ^a  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial regeneration; Field performance; Morphology; Physiology; Plant quality; Seedling quality; Stock grading; Survival; Viability

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342516212     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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