The Broadbalk long-term experiment at Rothamsted: What has it told us about weeds?

Weed Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 864-873

  Moss, Stephen R ^a   Storkey, Jonathan ^a   Cussans, John W ^a   Perryman, Sarah A M ^a   Hewitt, Michael V ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fallowing; Genetic diversity; Nitrogen fertilizer

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FALLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HERBICIDE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEED BANK; SEED DORMANCY; WEED; WEED CONTROL; WHEAT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HERTFORDSHIRE; ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENTAL STATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALOPECURUS MYOSUROIDES; APHANES; EQUISETUM ARVENSE; MEDICAGO LUPULINA; PAPAVER RHOEAS; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA;

EID: 33745664379     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-04-012R1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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