Root activity of young Acacia mangium willd trees: Influence of stand density and pruning as studied by 32P soil injection technique

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-38

  Kunhamu, T K ^a   Kumar, B M ^a   Viswanath, S ^b   Sureshkumar, P ^a  

^a KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acacia mangium; Crown pruning; Humid tropics; Physiologically active roots; Root activity pattern; Tree population density

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; LEGUME; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRUNING; ROOT SYSTEM; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; SUBSOIL; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

ACACIA; ACACIA MANGIUM;

EID: 71949115363     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-009-9205-2     Document Type: Article

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