Critical weed-free period for large crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis) in transplanted watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

Weed Science

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 530-532

  Monks, David W ^a   Schultheis, Jonathan R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; DIGSA; Interference; Losses from weeds; Models; Seedless watermelon; Triploid watermelon; Weed emergence; Weed removal; Yield reduction

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; TRANSPLANTATION; WEED; YIELD RESPONSE;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CITRULLUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS; DIGITARIA SANGUINALIS;

EID: 0031785484     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0043174500091049     Document Type: Article

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