Growth and nutrition of container-grown ponderosa pine seedlings with controlled-release fertilizer incorporated in the root plug

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-124

  Fan, Zhaofei ^a   Moore, James A ^b   Wenny, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Controlled release fertilizer; Foliar nutrient concentration; Pinus ponderosa Doug. Ex Laws; Root growth potential

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH; SEEDLING;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 2542447390     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2004002     Document Type: Article

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