Hybrid poplar (Populus ssp.) selections for arid and semi-arid intermountain regions of the western United States

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-418

  O'Neill, M K ^a   Shock, C C ^b   Lombard, K A ^a   Heyduck, R F ^a   Feibert, E B G ^b   Smeal, D ^a   Arnold, R N ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass; Drip irrigation; Populus; Wood volume

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ADAPTATION; ALKALINITY; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; CLIMATIC REGION; CROP ROTATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DRIP IRRIGATION; GROWTH RATE; HYBRID; MORPHOLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUTRIENT LOSS; PRODUCTIVITY; SELECTIVE BREEDING; SOIL TYPE; TIMBER; WOOD QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; POPULUS NIGRA;

EID: 77953872606     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-010-9286-y     Document Type: Article

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