Season-long interference of yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) with direct-seeded and transplanted watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

Weed Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 751-754

  Buker, Richard S ^d   Stall, W M ^d   Olson, S M ^d   Schilling, D G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Central Florida Research and Education Center ^*

Author keywords

Additive design; Competition; Crop establishment

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CYPERUS; CYPERUS ESCULENTUS;

EID: 33645423409     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WT02-148     Document Type: Article

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