Organic matter added to bareroot nursery beds influences soil properties and morphology of Fraxinus pennsylvanica and Quercus rubra seedlings

New Forests

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-303

  Davis, Anthony S ^a   Jacobs, Douglass F ^a   Wightman, Kevyn E ^a   Birge, Zonda K D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken manure; Compost; Green ash; Hardwood seedlings; Northern red oak; Seedling quality; Soil amendments

Indexed keywords

CROPS; MORPHOLOGY; SOILS;

CHICKEN MANURE; GREEN ASH; HARDWOOD SEEDLINGS; SEEDLING QUALITY;

FORESTRY;

GROWTH; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL AMENDMENT;

FRAXINUS PENNSYLVANICA; MANURE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SEEDLINGS; SOIL;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS PENNSYLVANICA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 33644605627     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-005-7484-7     Document Type: Article

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