Effect of container design on plant growth and root deformation of littleleaf linden and field elm

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1824-1829

  Amoroso, Gabriele ^a   Frangi, Piero ^a   Piatti, Riccardo ^a   Ferrini, Francesco ^b   Fini, Alessio ^b   Faoro, Marco ^a  

^a Fondazione Minoprio   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nursery stock quality; Root defects; Seedling; Tilia cordata; Ulmus minor

Indexed keywords

MALVACEAE; TILIA CORDATA; ULMUS; ULMUS MINOR;

EID: 78650147163     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.12.1824     Document Type: Article

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