Carbohydrate injections as a potential option to improve growth and vitality of live oaks

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 142-147

  Martinez Trinidad, Tomás ^a   Watson, W Todd ^b   Arnold, Michael A ^b   Lombardini, Leonardo ^b   Appel, David N ^b  

^a Colegio de Postgraduados Programa Forestad ^*  (Mexico)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucose; Quercus virginiana; Sucrose; Sugars; Tree Vitality

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVERGREEN TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RESPONSE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

QUERCUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 66749121240     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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