Interactions between wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivar, row spacing and density and the effect on weed suppression and crop yield

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 443-453

  Champion, G T ^a   Froud Williams, R J ^a   Holland, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Mechanical weeding; Planting arrangement; Yield loss

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; WEED CONTROL; YIELD;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032417389     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1998.tb05842.x     Document Type: Article

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