... of non stored seedlings in both oak species, whatever the lifting date. In constrast, in pine, the seedlings of this treatment displayed lowersurvival than the non stored seedlings, except in ... initiation and elongation of newroots [2, 14, 15, 16]. Root Growth Potential (RGP, ameasure of the seedling intrinsic capacity of new rootelongation) can be a useful indicator of outplanting ... obtained here for pine, pointing to theabsence of bud desiccation during desiccation (figure 1),are consistent with these findings. In contrast, in oaks,buds underwent the same level of desiccation...