Subirrigation of Quercus rubra seedlings: Nursery stock quality, media chemistry, and early field performance

HortScience

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2179-2185

  Bumgarner, Mindy L ^a   Salifu, K Francis ^a   Jacobs, Douglass F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled release fertilizer; Electrical conductivity; Media composition; Nitrogen; Northern red oak; Peat

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 57049098191     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.43.7.2179     Document Type: Article

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