Root morphology, stem growth and field performance of seedlings of two Mediterranean evergreen oak species raised in different container types

Plant and Soil

Volumn 278, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 85-93

  Tsakaldimi, M ^a   Zagas, T ^a   Tsitsoni, T ^a   Ganatsas, P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Container seedlings; Outplanting performance; Quercus coccifera; Quercus ilex; Root morphology; Stem growth

Indexed keywords

GROWTH;

ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 32644451240     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-2580-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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