Enhancing planting stock quality of Italian cypress (Cupressus sempervirens L.) by pre-cultivation in mini-plugs

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 912-919

  Kostopoulou, Panagiota ^a   Radoglou, Kalliopi ^a   Dini Papanastasi, Olympia ^a   Spyroglou, Gabriel ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Field performance; Quality indicators; Root growth potential; Shoot electrolyte leakage; Survival

Indexed keywords

DEGRADED FORESTS; DRY WEIGHT; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; ELECTROLYTE LEAKAGE; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; FIELD PERFORMANCE; LEAF AREA; LOW QUALITIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTING STOCK QUALITY; PLANTING STOCKS; PLUG SEEDLING; PLUG TRANSPLANT; PREDICTIVE INDICATORS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; ROOT GROWTH POTENTIAL; ROOT LENGTH; SEEDLING PRODUCTION; SITE CONDITIONS;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTROLYTES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RESTORATION; SEED; STANDARDS;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; NATIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROOT SYSTEM; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

CULTIVATION; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTROLYTES; NURSERIES; SEEDLINGS; STANDARDS;

CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 77953139734     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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