Efficacy of mechanical cultivation with and without herbicides in broccoli (Brassica oleracea), snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), and sweet corn (Zea mays)

Weed Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 244-252

  Colquhoun, Jed B ^a   Bellinder, Robin R ^a   Kirkwyland, Jonathan J ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Banded herbicides; Brush hoe; Flex tine cultivator; Herbicide reduction; Mechanical weed control; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; MECHANICAL CONTROL; WEED CONTROL; YIELD RESPONSE;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; SPERMATOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032807212     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0890037x00041683     Document Type: Article

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