Key roles of leaves, stockplant age, and auxin concentration in vegetative propagation of two African mahoganies: Khaya anthotheca Welw. and Khaya ivorensis A. Chev

New Forests

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-123

  Opuni Frimpong, E ^a,b   Karnosky, D F ^b   Storer, A J ^b   Cobbinah, J R ^a  

^a FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloning stockplants; Cuttings; Khaya species; Rooting; Vegetative propagation

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LEAF AREA (LA); VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

AGE; CLONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVERGREEN TREE; LEAF AREA; PROTEIN; ROOTING; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

KHAYA; KHAYA ANTHOTHECA; KHAYA IVORENSIS; SWIETENIA;

EID: 48349083026     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-008-9087-6     Document Type: Article

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