Prospects for combining biological weed control with integrated crop production systems, and with sensitive management of alpine pastures in Switzerland

Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-220

  Ammon, H U ^a   Muller Scharer H ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine pastures; Amaranthus; Biological control of weeds; Calystegia; Convolvulus; Integrated crop production; Senecio; Veratrum

Indexed keywords

CONTROL STRATEGY; HERBICIDE; MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES; SWITZERLAND; WEED CONTROL;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; WEED CONTROL;

SWITZERLAND;

AMARANTHUS; CALYSTEGIA SEPIUM; CONVOLVULUS ARVENSIS; SENECIO; VERATRUM;

EID: 0344889061     PISSN: 03408159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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