Compost as an alternative weed control method

HortScience

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 938-940

  Ozores Hampton, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOST; WASTE TREATMENT; WEED CONTROL;

EID: 0031735704     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.33.6.938     Document Type: Conference Paper

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