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Thinnings from a 15-year-old eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra L.) agroforestry plantation in SW Missouri (USA) were evaluated to determine the influence of cropping practices on wood quality. Growth rate was found to be strongly affected by weed control and cropping practices while specific gravity and fiber length (measured in selected stems) were found to be weakly affected. of Missouri's Agricutural Experiment Station Journal Series.
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Research supported by McIntire-Stennis funds. This is Paper No. 11,859 in the University of Missouri's Agricutural Experiment Station Journal Series.
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Cutter, B.E., Garrett, H.E. Wood quality in alleycropped eastern black walnut. Agroforest Syst 22, 25–32 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00707467
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