Cold hardiness and transplant response of Juglans nigra seedlings subjected to alternative storage regimes

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 606-606

  Jacobs, Douglass F ^a   Wilson, Barrett C ^a   Ross Davis, Amy L ^a   Davis, Anthony S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black walnut; Bud break; Cold hardiness; Cold storage; Electrolyte leakage; Freezer storage; Root growth potential

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; ELECTROLYTE; FREEZING; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUT; OVERWINTERING; ROOT SYSTEM; STORAGE; TRANSPLANTATION;

JUGLANS; JUGLANS NIGRA;

EID: 51649117527     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2008036     Document Type: Article

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