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Applying the target plant concept to nursery stock quality

Landis, T. D. and Dumroese, R. K. IN: Plant quality: a key to success in forest establishment, proceedings of the COFORD conference, 2005, p.1-9. 2006.

The basic tenet of the target plant concept is that the quality of nursery stock is determined by outplanting performance (survival and growth),rather than characteristics or standards measured at the nursery.


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Author(s): Thomas D. Landis, R. Kasten Dumroese

Section: Seedling Harvesting and Storage