Farm Scale Evaluations of herbicide-tolerant crops: Assessment of within-field variation and sampling methodology for arable weeds

Weed Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-163

  Clark, S J ^a   Rothery, P ^b   Perry, J N ^a   Heard, M S ^b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beet; Genetically modified herbicide tolerant crops; Maize; Spatial autocorrelation; Spring oilseed rape; Statistical power; Variance components; Weed plant counts

Indexed keywords

ARABLE FARMING; AUTOCORRELATION; CROP PLANT; HERBICIDE; MAIZE; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; SUGAR BEET; TRANSECT; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WEED CONTROL;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA NAPUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33947359381     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2007.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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