Predicting field performance of five irrigated tree species using seedling quality assessment in Burkina Faso, West Africa

New Forests

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-322

  Bayala, J ^a   Dianda, M ^a   Wilson, J ^b   Ouedraogo S J ^a   Sanon, K ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES   (Burkina Faso)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Seedling quality; Substrate; Waste water

Indexed keywords

BURKINA FASO; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; EXOTIC TREE SPECIES; FIELD PERFORMANCE; FOLLOW UP; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; GROWTH PARAMETERS; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; MORPHOLOGICAL INDICATOR; NON DESTRUCTIVE; NURSERY SOILS; OUTPLANTING; PLANT QUALITY; QUALITY INDICES; ROOT DRY WEIGHT; ROOT LENGTH; ROOT-COLLAR DIAMETERS; SEEDLING QUALITY; SEMI ARID; SHORT ROTATION; TREE SPECIES; WEST AFRICA; WHOLE PLANTS;

IRRIGATION; PLANNING; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEWAGE; SOILS; SUBSTRATES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

FORESTRY;

CROP PERFORMANCE; FODDER; GROWTH RATE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANTATION; RECYCLING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEEDLING; SUBSTRATE; WASTEWATER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

FORESTRY; IRRIGATION; PLANNING; PLANTS; SEEDLINGS; SEWAGE; SUBSTRATES; WASTE WATERS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA ANGUSTISSIMA; ACACIA MANGIUM; ANIMALIA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 70350118701     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-009-9149-4     Document Type: Article

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