Provenance variation in seed and seedlings attributes of Quercus glauca Thunb. in Garhwal Himalaya, India

Dendrobiology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2010, Pages 59-63

  Singh, Bhupendra ^a   Saklani, Kishor Prakash ^a   Bhatt, Bhagwati P ^b  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR NEH REGION   (India)

Author keywords

Altitude; Glaucous leaf Oak; Morphological variation; Seed mass

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS GLAUCA;

EID: 77954149509     PISSN: 16411307     EISSN: 16411307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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