Competitive ability and tolerance of organically grown wheat cultivars to natural weed infestations

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 523-535

  Cosser, N D ^a,c   Gooding, M J ^b   Thompson, A J ^a,d   Froud Williams, R J ^b  

^a ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Sidney C Banks plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive ability; Cultivars; Organic; Sowing date; Weeds; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ANAS PENELOPE; SINAPIS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VERONICA;

EID: 0030850953     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1997.tb07679.x     Document Type: Article

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