Factors influencing the weed flora in the Gezira Scheme, Sudan

Weed Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-129

  Karar, R O ^a   Mohamed, B F ^b   Marrs, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Crop rotation; Herbicides; Irrigated agro ecosystem; Weed communities

Indexed keywords

CROP ROTATION; HERBICIDE; IRRIGATION; WEED;

AFRICA; AL-WASTA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GEZIRA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN; WORLD;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 15044358829     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2004.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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