The Potential of Liming to Improve Drought Tolerance of Norway Spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.]

In response to a wide-spread decline in forest vitality associated with acid rain in the 1980s, liming of soils has been implemented in many federal states in Germany to buffer further acid deposition and improve availability of nutrients such as calcium and magnesium. As a consequence, it may also...

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Main Authors: Martin Kohler, Jörg Kunz, Johannes Herrmann, Peter Hartmann, Lelde Jansone, Heike Puhlmann, Klaus von Wilpert, Jürgen Bauhus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2019.00382/full