Weed community and corn yield variability in diverse management systems

Weed Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 106-113

  Smith, Richard G ^a   Gross, Katherine L ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cover crops; Crop rotation; Diversity; Ecosystem function; Management systems; Organic; Weed community

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MONOCULTURE; SOYBEAN; WEED; WHEAT;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33750358586     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-05-108R.1     Document Type: Article

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