Predispersal seed predation of redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus)

Weed Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 60-68

  DeSousa, Nancy ^a   Griffiths, Jason T ^a   Swanton, Clarence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological control; Coleophoridae; Cropping pattern; Integrated weed management; Weed population dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; MAIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; WEED;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS; COLEOPHORIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0041580614     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/0043-1745(2003)051[0060:PSPORP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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