Use of fluorescent tracer techniques and photography to assess the efficiency of tillage incorporated granular nematicides into potato seed-beds

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 17-23

  Woods, S ^a   Haydock, P P J ^a   Evans, K ^b   Robinson, R C ^c   Dawkins, T C K ^d  

^a HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IACR Rothamsted Herts AL5 2JQ ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Intl Application Technology Group   (United Kingdom)

^d Du Pont (UK) Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incorporation; Nematicide; Photography; Potato; Tillage; Tracer

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; TILLAGE; TRACER;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0032826818     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(99)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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