Control of parthenium (parthenium hysterophorus) in grain sorghum (sorghum bicolor) in the smallholder farming system in eastern ethiopia

Weed Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 100-105

  Tamado, T ^b   Milberg, P ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Hand hoeing; Smother crop

Indexed keywords

PARTHENIUM; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS; SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR;

EID: 28544446249     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WT-03-033R     Document Type: Article

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