Frost hardening spruce container stock for overwintering in Ontario

New Forests

Volumn 13, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 441-459

  Colombo, Stephen J ^a  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Bud initiation; Cold hardiness; Frost hardiness; Needle primordia; Overwintering; Picea glauca; Picea mariana; White spruce

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342621549     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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