Biological control of weeds in European crops: Recent achievements and future work

Weed Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-98

  Muller Scharer H ^a   Scheepens, P C ^b   Greaves, M P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological weed control; Crop weeds; Integrated weed management

Indexed keywords

ASCOCHYTA CAULINA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; EUROPE; FUNGAL SPORE; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; PEST CONTROL; WEED CONTROL;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; INTEGRATED APPROACH; WEED CONTROL;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; AMARANTHUS; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CONVOLVULUS; OROBANCHE; PUCCINIA LAGENOPHORAE; SENECIO VULGARIS; STAGONOSPORA CONVOLVULI; TREMATOPHOMA LIGNICOLA;

EID: 0038488215     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3180.2000.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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