Estimating the economic cost of weeds in Australian annual winter crops

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-265

  Jones, R E ^a   Vere, D T ^a   Alemseged, Y ^a   Medd, R W ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual ryegrass; Consumer surplus; Economic surplus analysis; Producer surplus; Weeds; Wild oats; Wild radish

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWING SEASON; HERBICIDE; TILLAGE; WEED;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CHASMANTHIUM LATIFOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 16244397611     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2005.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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