Growth of field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) under low light and low nitrogen conditions

Weed Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-46

  Andersson, Torsten N ^a   Lundegårdh, Bengt ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; EQUAR; Growth analysis

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN; WEED;

EQUISETUM ARVENSE;

EID: 0344573814     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0043174500090639     Document Type: Article

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