Long-term grass yields following chemical control of honey mesquite

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-57

  Ansley, R J ^a   Pinchak, W E ^a   Teague, W R ^a   Kramp, B A ^a   Jones, D L ^a   Jacoby, P W ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brush management; Buchloe dactyloides; Clopyralid; Herbicides; Nasella leucotricha,; Prosopis glandulosa; Triclopyr; Woody plant encroachment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTROL; RANGELAND; WEED CONTROL;

BUCHLOE DACTYLOIDES; POACEAE; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA;

EID: 23844542453     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003954     Document Type: Article

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