The physiological basis of containerised tree seedling ‘transplant shock’: A review

Australian Forestry

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 112-120

  Close, Dugald C ^a,b,c,d   Beadle, Christopher L ^a,e   Brown, Philip H ^b  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Production Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Drought; Forest nurseries; Frost; Nutrition; Photoinhibition; Physiology; Pigments; Planting stock; Reviews; Root:shoot ratio; Shock; Transplanting

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DROUGHT; FROST EFFECTS; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTS; SEED;

PHOTOINHIBITION; PLANTING STOCK; ROOR:SHOOT RATIO; TRANSPLANTING;

FORESTRY;

COMPETITION; DROUGHT; FROST; NURSERIES; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT; SEEDLINGS; TREES;

EID: 23844537943     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2005.10674954     Document Type: Article

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