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Fine Root Growth Response to Soil-Applied Nitrogen and Paclobutrazol

Gary Watson and Angela Hewitt
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) January 2017, 43 (1) 38-46; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2017.004
Gary Watson
Gary Watson (corresponding author), The Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, Illinois 60532, U.S.,
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Angela Hewitt, The Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, Illinois 60532, U.S.
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