Effects of loosing Aigamo ducks on the growth of rice plants, weeds, and the number of arthropods in paddy fields: Research paper

Weed Biology and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-43

  Tojo, Seishu ^a   Yoshizawa, Masahiro ^a   Motobayashi, Takashi ^a   Watanabe, Kengo ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Nitrogen; Paddy field; Rice plant; Weed

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CNAPHAROCROSIS MEDINALIS; ECHINOCHLOA; ECHINOCHLOA ORYZICOLA; HEXAPODA; MONOCHORIA; MONOCHORIA VAGINALIS; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 33847128880     PISSN: 14446162     EISSN: 14456664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-6664.2006.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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