Effects of three management strategies on the seedbank, emergence and the need for hand weeding in an organic arable cropping system

Weed Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 442-451

  Riemens, M M ^a   Groeneveld, R M W ^a   Lotz, L A P ^a   Kropff, M J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hand weeding; Management strategies; Organic farming; Seedbank; Weed control effort

Indexed keywords

CROPPING PRACTICE; ORGANIC FARMING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; WEED CONTROL;

EID: 34548359130     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2007.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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