Duration of volunteer potato (Solanum tuberosum) interference in bulb onion

Weed Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-68

  Williams II, Martin M ^a   Ransom, Corey V ^b   Thompson, W Mack ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Critical time of weed removal; Critical weed free period

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; HERBICIDE; ROOT VEGETABLE; WEED; WEED CONTROL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALLIUM CEPA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33748676496     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-04-079R1     Document Type: Article

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