Economics of integrated weed management in herbicide-resistant canola

Weed Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 138-147

  Upadhyay, Bharat M ^a   Smith, Elwin G ^a   Clayton, G W ^b   Harker, K N ^b   Blackshaw, R E ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economics; Integrated weed management; Risk; Seeding rate

Indexed keywords

CANOLA; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FIELD METHOD; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; WEED CONTROL;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS;

EID: 33845472717     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-05-050R1.1     Document Type: Article

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