Growth of Fraser fir christmas trees in response to annual shearing

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1644-1646

  Hinesley, L Eric ^a   Derby, Scott A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies fraseri; Biomass; Needle area; Needle length; Needle weight; USDA grade

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GROWTH KINETICS; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHRISTMAS TREES; CROWN DENSITY; TREE BRANCHES;

FORESTRY;

BRANCHES; GROWTH RATE; PLANTS; TREES;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ABIES FRASERI;

EID: 9244265021     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.7.1644     Document Type: Article

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