Influence of irrigation volume and mulch on establishment of select shrub species

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 202-209

  Montague, Thayne ^a   McKenney, Cynthia ^a   Maurer, Michael ^b   Winn, Brian ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forsythia intermedia; Lagerstroemia indica; Photinia fraseri; Reference evapotranspiration; Spiraea vanhouttei; Transplant

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH; IRRIGATION; MULCH; SHRUB; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

FORSYTHIA; LAGERSTROEMIA; LAGERSTROEMIA INDICA; PHOTINIA; SPIRAEA;

EID: 34249062640     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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