Influence of fallow management systems and frequency of cropping on weed growth and crop yield

Weed Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 241-256

  Akobundu, I O ^a,b   Ekeleme, F ^a   Chikoye, D ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alley cropping; Cassava; Leucaena; Maize; Planted fallow; Pueraria; Seedbank; Weed composition

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; FALLOW; WEED;

LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; PUERARIA PHASEOLOIDES;

EID: 0033043849     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3180.1999.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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