A new approach to determine when to control weeds

Weed Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 496-503

  Berti, Antonio ^a   Dunan, Claudio ^c   Sattin, Maurizio ^a   Zanin, Giuseppe ^b   Westra, Philip ^c  

^a Ctro Stud sulla Biol ed il C   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

competition; economic critical period; Models; time density equivalent; weed emergence

Indexed keywords

ABUTILON THEOPHRASTI; AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0029824623     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0043174500094248     Document Type: Article

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