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Total Root and Shoot Biomass Inhibited by Paclobutrazol Application on Common Landscape Trees

Chad M. Rigsby, E. Thomas Smiley, Sean Henry, Liza Holmes and Andrew L. Loyd
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) September 2024, jauf.2024.017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2024.017

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