Exploration of optimal agricultural practices and seedling types for establishing poplar plantations

Forests

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2785-2798

  Böhlenius, Henrik ^a   Övergaard, Rolf ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cuttings; mulching material; Plant development; Populus trichocarpa; rooted seedlings

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CUTTING; GROWTH (MATERIALS); SEED; SOILS; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANTING MATERIALS; POLYETHYLENE PLASTICS; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA; ROOTED SEEDLINGS; TEMPERATE REGIONS; VEGETATION CONTROL;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; MULCHING; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SEEDLING;

POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 84940482206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f6082785     Document Type: Article

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