The theory and application of plant competition models: An agronomic perspective

Annals of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 741-748

  Park, Sarah E ^a,c   Benjamin, Laurence R ^b   Watkinson, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Crop weed interaction; Experimental design; Modelling; Weed management

Indexed keywords

MODELING; MONOCULTURE; WEED CONTROL; YIELD;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CROP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 1542548095     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcg204     Document Type: Review

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