Combined pre-hardening and fall fertilization facilitates N storage and field performance of Pinus tabulaeformis seedlings

IForest

Volumn 9, Issue JUNE2016, 2016, Pages 483-489

  Li, Guolei ^a   Wang, Jiaxi ^a   Oliet, Juan A ^b   Jacobs, Douglass F ^c  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese pine; Exponential fertilization; Fall fertilization; Field performance; Nutrient loading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84970969196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor1708-008     Document Type: Article

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