Weed flora in the Rift Valley sugarcane plantations of Ethiopia as influenced by soil types and agronomic practises

Weed Biology and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 139-150

  Firehun, Yirefu ^a   Tamado, Tana ^b  

^a Ethiopian Sugar Industry Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Agronomic practises; Ethiopia; Partial canonical correspondence analysis; Soil types; Sugar cane; Weed flora

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; ASTERACEAE; CHAMAESYCE HIRTA; CORNUTA; CYPERUS; DATURA STRAMONIUM; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; GALINSOGA PARVIFLORA; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS TRIONUM; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA ERIOCARPA; LAUNAEA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; PHYLLANTHUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHYLLANTHUS TENELLUS; POACEAE; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PORTULACACEAE; RHYNCHOSIA; ROTTBOELLIA COCHINCHINENSIS; TAGETES MINUTA; VIGNA; XANTHIUM; XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM;

EID: 33746433562     PISSN: 14446162     EISSN: 14456664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-6664.2006.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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