Integration of no tillage and overseeded legume living mulches for transplanted broccoli production

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 376-380

  Infante, Michelle L ^a   Morse, Ronald D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea var. italica; conservation tillage; sustainable agriculture; weed suppression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029784371     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.3.376     Document Type: Article

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