Light quality treatments enhance somatic seedling production in three southern pine species

Tree Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-194

  Merkle, Scott A ^a   Montello, Paul M ^a   Xia, Xiuqin ^a   Upchurch, Bruce L ^a,b   Smith, Dale R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Deere and Company   (United States)

^c MetaGenetics   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conversion; Germination; Light emitting diode (LED); Loblolly pine; Longleaf pine; Pinus elliottii; Pinus palustris; Pinus taeda; Slash pine

Indexed keywords

LIGHT QUALITY;

PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS ELLIOTTII; PINUS PALUSTRIS; PINUS RADIATA; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 33644919934     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/26.2.187     Document Type: Article

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