Autumn fertilization with nitrogen improves nutritional status, cold hardiness and the oxidative stress response of Holm oak (Quercus ilex ssp. ballota [Desf.] Samp) nursery seedlings

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 311-320

  Andivia, Enrique ^a   Márquez García, Belén ^a   Vázquez Piqué, Javier ^a   Córdoba, Francisco ^a   Fernández, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Frost tolerance; Holm oak; Mineral nutrients; Oxidative stress; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS FACTORS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; COLD HARDINESS; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FIRST YEAR; FOREST COMMUNITY; FROST TOLERANCE; HOLM OAK; MINERAL NUTRIENTS; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PLANT QUALITY; PLANT TOLERANCE; PLASMOLYSIS; QUERCUS ILEX; ROOT GROWTH; SEEDLING RESPONSE; STEM DIAMETER; STRESS FACTORS; SUMMER DROUGHTS; WATER STRESS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN BASIN;

NUTRITION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

BALLOTA; ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84858297661     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0593-3     Document Type: Article

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