Impact of planting stock quality on initial growth and survival of radiata pine clones and modelling initial growth and survival

New Zealand Journal of Forestry

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-23

  Sharma, Rajesh K ^a   Mason, Euan G ^a   Sorensson, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Horizon2 Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Risks and deployment strategies; Root fibrosity; Shoot: root ratio; Sturdiness; Survival; Transplant stress

Indexed keywords

CLONING; MIXTURES;

DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY; ROOT FIBROSITY; ROOT RATIO; STURDINESS; SURVIVAL;

FORESTRY;

HEXAPODA; RADIATA;

EID: 77950151631     PISSN: 11747986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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