Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "balsam fir"
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Determining the Link Between Certain Hydraulic Properties and Postharvest Needle Abscission in Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.)
(2015)The goal of this project was to better understand the link between certain hydraulic properties and postharvest needle abscission (PNA) in balsam fir. Balsam fir branches were kept under various conditions to measure and ... -
Determining the Relationship Between Needle Nutrition and Post-harvest Needle Retention in Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.)
(2013-04-05)The Christmas tree and greenery trade is a multi-million dollar industry in Atlantic Canada. Christmas trees grown in Nova Scotia are shipped internationally especially, to the United States. This thesis was set out to ... -
THE NATURE AND DYNAMICS OF CHANGES IN LIPIDS AND FATTY ACIDS DURING POSTHARVEST NEEDLE ABSCISSION, THEIR ROLE IN COLD ACCLIMATION, ULTRA-STRUCTURAL CHANGES, AND NEEDLE ABSCISSION RESISTANCE IN BALSAM FIR, ABIES BALSAMEA, L.
(2021-05-05)Balsam fir is an important species of Atlantic Canada’s Christmas tree and greenery industries that is suffering due to excessive needle loss postharvest. A series of investigations were carried out to: (i) characterize ...