Effects of polyethylene mulch in a short-rotation, poplar plantation vary with weed-control strategies, site quality and clone

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 173, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 251-260

  Green, D Scott ^a   Kruger, Eric L ^b   Stanosz, Glen R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Polyethylene mulch; Weed control; Woody crops

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENES; VEGETATION; WEED CONTROL;

GENOTYPES;

FORESTRY;

GROWTH RATE; MULCHING; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SURVIVAL; WEED CONTROL;

FORESTRY; PLANTATIONS; PLANTS; POLYETHYLENE; WEED CONTROL;

POPULUS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; POPULUS MAXIMOWICZII; POPULUS NIGRA;

EID: 0037415824     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00003-8     Document Type: Article

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