Nursery fertilisation affects the frost-tolerance and plant quality of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. cuttings

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 865-873

  Fernández, Manuel ^a   Marcos, Celia ^a   Tapias, Raúl ^a   Ruiz, Federico ^b   López, Gustavo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b S A Centro de Investigación Y Tecnología   (Spain)

Author keywords

Field performance; Frost tolerance; Mineral nutrients; Non structural carbohydrates; Root egress

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FROST HARDINESS; NITROGEN; NURSERY GROUND; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 36549021463     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2007071     Document Type: Article

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