Eastern white pine flowering in response to spray application of Gibberellin A4/7 or procone™

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 68-72

  Pijut, Paula M ^a,b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pinus strobus; Pollen cone; Seed cone

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; SEED; TISSUE;

POLLEN CONE; SEED CONES; WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST (WPBR);

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; PINUS STROBUS; PLANT TISSUES; SEEDS; WILD LIFE;

CRONARTIUM FLACCIDUM; CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; PINUS STROBUS; STROBUS;

EID: 4644304020     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/19.2.68     Document Type: Article

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