Planting depth during container production and landscape establishment affects growth of Ulmus parvifolia

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-60

  Bryan, Donita L ^a   Arnold, Michael A ^b   Volder, Astrid ^b   Todd Watson, W ^b   Lombardini, Leonardo ^b   Sloan, John J ^c   Valdez Aguilar, Luis A ^d   Cartmill, Andrew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN QUÍMICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Container nursery production; Lacebark elm; Landscape installation; Potting up; Relative growth rate; Shifting; Tree establishment; Up canning

Indexed keywords

ULMUS; ULMUS PARVIFOLIA;

EID: 77950926878     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.1.54     Document Type: Article

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