Evaluation of four poplar clones in a short rotation forestry in central Italy

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 191-198

  Pannacci, Euro ^a   Bartolini, Simone ^a   Covarelli, Gino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Clone evaluation; Cutting cycles; Poplar; Short rotation forestry; Spacing

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLONE; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; GROWING SEASON; HARVESTING; HUMIDITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPACING; SURVIVAL; VALUATION;

ITALY;

POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; POPULUS NIGRA; POPULUS X CANADENSIS;

EID: 84857282266     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2009.4.191     Document Type: Article

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