Optimal nutrition and diagnosis for abies fraseri christmas trees in Michigan

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 106-113

  Rothstein, David E ^a   Lisuzzo, Nicholas J ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Christmas trees; DRIS; Nutrient diagnosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; NUTRITION; PH EFFECTS;

CHRISTMAS TREE; DIAGNOSIS AND RECOMMENDATION INTEGRATION SYSTEM (DRIS); NUTRIENT DIAGNOSIS;

FORESTRY;

ABIES FRASERI; CALCIUM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NUTRITION; PH;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ABIES FRASERI;

EID: 33745141583     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/23.2.106     Document Type: Article

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