Survival of weed seeds and seed pathogen propagates in composted grass seed straw

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-63

  Churchill, D B ^a   Alderman, S C ^a   Mueller Warrant, G W ^a   Elliott, L F ^a   Bilsland, D M ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop residue; Grass; Pathogen; Seeds; Temperature; Turning; Windrow

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; COMPOSTING; CROPS; FUNGI; RAIN; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

COMPOSTED GRASS SEED STRAW; CROP RESIDUE; SEED PATHOGENS; STRADDLE TYPE COMPOST TURNER; TRACTOR FRONT END LOADER; WINDROWS; WOOD SEEDS;

SEED;

EID: 0029702229     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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