Assessing the effect of late-season fertilization on Holm oak plant quality: Insights from morpho-nutritional characterizations and water relations parameters

New Forests

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 149-163

  Andivia, Enrique ^a,b   Fernández, Manuel ^a   Vázquez Piqué, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Autumn fertilization; Nursery culture; Nutrient loading; Osmotic adjustment; Quercus ilex; Vector analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN FERTILIZATION; NUTRIENT LOADING; OSMOTIC ADJUSTMENT; QUERCUS ILEX; VECTOR ANALYSIS;

CONSERVATION; NUTRIENTS; NUTRITION; OSMOSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FORESTRY;

AUTUMN; DILUTION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FERTILIZER; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEEDLING; SHOOT GROWTH; TREE; WATER RELATIONS; WATER STRESS;

CONSERVATION; FERTILIZATION; NUTRIENTS; OSMOSIS; QUERCUS ILEX; REFORESTATION; WATER;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84893727016     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-013-9397-1     Document Type: Article

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