Effects of soil moisture and nitrogen on growth responses of Cryptomeria japonica and Chamaecyparis obtusa seedlings

Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 423-428

  Nagakura, J ^a   Shigenaga, H ^c   Akama, A ^b   Takahashi, M ^c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Forestry Agency   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Drought; Hinoki cypress; Japanese cedar; Nitrogen load; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; CUPRESSUS;

EID: 31544466288     PISSN: 00792047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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