Effects of Azolla species on weed emergence in a rice paddy ecosystem

Weed Biology and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 176-183

  Biswas, Moloy ^a   Parveen, Sultana ^a   Shimozawa, Hideki ^b   Nakagoshi, Nobukazu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hiroshima Prefecture Agriculture Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azolla; Biomass; Fertilizer; Rice paddy; Weed suppression

Indexed keywords

AZOLLA; AZOLLA PINNATA; CYPERUS; CYPERUS SEROTINUS; ECLIPTA; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA; MONOCHORIA VAGINALIS; SCHOENOPLECTUS JUNCOIDES;

EID: 33745344012     PISSN: 14446162     EISSN: 14456664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-6664.2005.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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