Promotion of weed species diversity and reduction of weed seedbanks with conservation tillage and crop rotation

Weed Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-77

  Murphy, Stephen D ^a   Clements, David R ^b   Belaoussoff, Svenja ^c   Kevan, Peter G ^c   Swanton, Clarence J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

No tillage; On farm research; Succession; Weed density; Weed life history

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEED BANK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WEED; WEED CONTROL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33845477749     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-04-125R1.1     Document Type: Article

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