Critical weed-free period for 'beauregard' sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas)

Weed Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 686-695

  Seem, Jessica E ^b   Creamer, Nancy G ^b   Monks, David W ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brachiaria platyphylla; BRAPP; Competition; ELEIN; Eleusine indica; Interference; Mollugo verticillata; MOLVE; Organic production; Sida spinosa; SIDSP

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS; BRACHIARIA; CYPERUS ESCULENTUS; ELEUSINE; ELEUSINE INDICA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA; SIDA SPINOSA; UROCHLOA PLATYPHYLLA;

EID: 33745470998     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WT02-089     Document Type: Article

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