Smooth amaranth interference with watermelon and muskmelon production

HortScience

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 630-632

  Terry Jr , Ernest R ^a,b   Stall, William M ^a,b   Shilling, Donn G ^a,c   Bewick, Thomas A ^a,b   Kostewicz, Steven R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Horticultural Sciences Department   (United States)

^c Agronomy Dept

Author keywords

Amaranthus hybridus; Citrullus lunatus; Competition; Critical period of weed control; Cucumis melo var. reticulatus

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS HYBRIDUS; CITRULLUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. RETICULATUS; MELO;

EID: 1842373833     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.32.4.630     Document Type: Article

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