Timing the removal of weeds from drilled salad onions to prevent crop losses

Crop Protection

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-211

  Bond, W ^a   Burston, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Onion; Weed competition; Weed control

Indexed keywords

WEED REMOVAL; WEEDING;

ALLIUM CEPA; LILIACEAE;

EID: 0029661622     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0261-2194(95)00127-1     Document Type: Article

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