Mile-a-minute (Polygonum perfoliatum): An increasingly problematic invasive species

Weed Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1071-1077

  Kumar, Virender ^a   DiTommaso, Antonio ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVASIVE SPECIES; WEED;

MIKANIA MICRANTHA; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM PERFOLIATUM;

EID: 33748790960     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WT-04-177R.1     Document Type: Review

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