The critical weed-free period in organically-grown winter wheat

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-320

  Welsh, J P ^a,c   Bulson, H A J ^a   Stopes, C E ^a   Froud Williams, R J ^b   Murdoch, A J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Critical period; Mechanical weeding; Organic farming; Wheat

Indexed keywords

WEED; WHEAT; YIELD;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALOPECURUS MYOSUROIDES; TRIPLEUROSPERMUM INODORUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032771280     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1999.tb05270.x     Document Type: Article

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