Soil temperature, soil moisture, weed control, and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) response to Mulching

Weed Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 561-566

  Monks, C Dale ^a   Monks, David W ^b   Basden, Tom ^c   Selders, Arthur ^d   Poland, Suzanne ^d   Rayburn, Edward ^d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cooperative Extension Service ^*

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common lambsquarters, Chenopodium album (L.) CHEAL; Goosegrass, Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. ELEIN; Large crabgrass, Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. DIGSA; Newspaper mulch, organic mulch, straw mulch, barnyardgrass, Echinocloa crus galli (L.) Beauv. ECHCG

Indexed keywords

MULCHING; NEWSPAPER; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TOMATO; WHEAT STRAW; YIELD;

NORTH CAROLINA; USA; WEST VIRGINA;

CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; DIGITARIA SANGUINALIS; ECHINOCHLOA; ECHINOCLOA; ELEUSINE; ELEUSINE INDICA; GALLI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030826507     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0890037x00045425     Document Type: Article

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