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Blackout and Post Planting Bud Phenology in SxS Spruce Seedlings

Spruce stock grown under three blackout regimes in 1987 was cold stored over the winter and farm-field planted in May 1988. Blackout treatment did not affect root egress but the longest blackout treatment resulted in earlier spring flush, later fall bud set, and increased the susceptibility of seedlings to freezing temperatures.


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Author(s): Christopher D.B. Hawkins, S. D. Hooge

Publication: National Nursery Proceedings - 1988

Event: Combined Meeting of the Western Forest Nursery Associations
1988 - Vernon, CAN