Season-long interference of yellow nutsedge (cyperus esculentus) with polyethylene-mulched bell pepper (capsicum annuum)

Weed Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 543-549

  Motis, Timothy N ^c   Locascio, Salvadore J ^c   Gilreath, James P ^c   Stall, William M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Weed interference; Yellow nutsedge competition; Yield loss

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CYPERUS; CYPERUS ESCULENTUS; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 3142756446     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/0890-037X(2003)017[0543:SIOYNC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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