The impacts of ditch cuttings on weed pressure and crop yield in maize

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-203

  Huijser, Marcel P ^a,b   Meerburg, Bastiaan G ^a   Holshof, Gertjan ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Green compost; Multifunctional landscapes; Organic farming; Phragmites australis; Weeds; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CROP YIELD; MAIZE; WEED CONTROL;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLEVOLAND; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SOLANUM; SOLANUM NIGRUM; TARAXACUM; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; URTICA; URTICA DIOICA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1542351362     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2003.07.006     Document Type: Article

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