Punch planting, flame weeding and stale seedbed for weed control in row crops

Weed Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 393-403

  Rasmussen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Delayed sowing; Flame weeding; Organic farming; Punch planting; Row crops; Stale seedbed; Weed control

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL CONTROL; ORGANIC FARMING; SEED BANK; WEED CONTROL;

ANIMALIA; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 0347996071     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0043-1737.2003.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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