Managing irrigation to reduce nutrient leaching in containerized white spruce seedling production

New Forests

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-204

  Stowe, Debra C ^a   Lamhamedi, Mohammed S ^b   Carles, Sylvie ^a   Fecteau, Bertrand ^c   Margolis, Hank A ^a   Renaud, Mario ^b   Bernier, Pierre Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^c Pampev Inc   (Canada)

^d LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Containerized seedling production; Fertigation; Nutrient leaching; White spruce

Indexed keywords

CARBON ALLOCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPATIBLE; FERTIGATIONS; GAS EXCHANGE; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY; IRRIGATION REGIMES; LEACHATES; MINERAL LEACHING; MINERAL NUTRIENTS; NITROGEN CONTENT; NORTHERN FORESTS; NURSERY RUNOFF; NUTRIENT LEACHING; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION RUN; SEEDLING GROWTH; SEEDLING PRODUCTION; WATER USAGE; WHITE SPRUCE;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CONTAMINATION; CURRICULA; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; MINERALS; NUTRIENTS; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; SEED; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; SUBSTRATES; WATER CONTENT;

FORESTRY;

EVERGREEN TREE; FERTILITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GAS EXCHANGE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; MINERAL; NUTRIENT LOSS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOSPHERE; RUNOFF; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; VOLUME; WATER CONTENT; WATER USE;

AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUTRIENTS; PICEA ENGELMANNII; RUNOFF; SEEDLINGS; WATER POLLUTION;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 77955304942     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-010-9193-0     Document Type: Article

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