Combining agronomic practices and herbicides improves weed management in wheat-canola rotations within zero-tillage production systems

Weed Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 528-535

  Blackshaw, Robert E ^a   Beckie, Hugh J ^b   Molnar, Louis J ^a   Entz, Toby ^a   Moyer, James R ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertilizer timing; Integrated weed management; Reduced herbicide dose; Seed date; Seed rate; Weed competition

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CANOLA; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HERBICIDE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; SEED BANK; SEEDING; WEED CONTROL; WHEAT; ZERO TILLAGE;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33644894850     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-04-211R     Document Type: Article

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