Water use and light interception under Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) and corn competition

Weed Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 523-531

  Massinga, Rafael A ^a   Currie, Randall S ^b   Trooien, Todd P ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c South Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaf area index; Photosynthetic photon flux; Water use efficiency; Weed density

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; IRRIGATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; MAIZE; WATER USE; WEED;

GARDEN CITY; KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS PALMERI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33646359933     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/0043-1745(2003)051[0523:WUALIU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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