Yellow sweetclover, green manure, and its residues effectively suppress weeds during fallow

Weed Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 406-413

  Blackshaw, Robert E ^a   Moyer, James R ^a   Doram, Ray C ^a   Boswell, A Lyle ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; BROTE; BRSJU; Competition; Conservation fallow; Cover crop; DESSO; KCHSC; MEUOF; SASKR; SONAR; TAROF; Underseeding; Weed management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004472033     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/0043-1745(2001)049[0406:YSGMAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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