Field performance of three stock sizes of Douglas-fir container seedlings grown with slow-release fertilizer in the nursery growing medium

New Forests

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-24

  Haase, Diane L ^a   Rose, Robin ^a   Trobaugh, John ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Webster Forest Nursery   (United States)

Author keywords

Container production; Fertilization; Reforestation; Seedling nutrition; Vector diagrams

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; VEGETATION;

CONTAINER PRODUCTION; SEEDLING NUTRITION; VECTOR DIAGRAMS;

SEED;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH; REFORESTATION;

FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZERS; FOLIAR ANALYSIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; REFORESTATION; SEEDLINGS;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 29144459160     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-004-5396-6     Document Type: Article

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