No-till alfalfa stand termination strategies: Alfalfa control and wheat and barley production

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-83

  Bullied, W J ^a   Entz, M H ^a   Smith Jr , S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alfalfa regrowth; Competition; Herbicides; No till; Recropping; Soil conservation; Sustainable cropping

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGATE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033007145     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P98-008     Document Type: Article

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