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Biomass and Carbon Storage in an Age-Sequence of Korean Pine (Pinus koraiensis) Plantation Forests in Central Korea
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Biomass Expansion Factors of Natural Japanese Red Pine (Pinus densiflora) Forests in Korea
Biomass expansion factors, which convert the timber volume (or dry weight) to biomass, are used to estimate the forest biomass and account for the carbon budget at the national or regional level. This study es...
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Physiological and chemical characteristics of field-and mountain-cultivated ginseng roots
Demand is increasing for mountain-cultivatedPanax ginseng (MCG) because its quality is considered superior to that of field-cultivated ginseng (FCG). However, MCG grows very slowly, and the factors that might aff...
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Induction of adventitious roots and analysis of ginsenoside content and the genes involved in triterpene biosynthesis inPanax ginseng
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