Nitrogen and green foxtail (Setaria viridis) competition effects on corn growth and development

Weed Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1039-1049

  Cathcart, R Jason ^a,b   Swanton, Clarence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corn growth rate; Dry matter production; Kernel weight; Leaf area index; Weed competition

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CROP YIELD; FIELDWORK; MAIZE; MATURATION; NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WEED CONTROL;

SETARIA (PLANT); SETARIA VIRIDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33645221108     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-03-071R1     Document Type: Article

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