Seedling growth and interference of diffuse knapweed (centaurea diffusa) and bluebunch wheatgrass (pseudoroegneria spicata)

Weed Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-83

  Larson, Larry ^b   Kiemnec, Gary ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Competition; Growth rate

Indexed keywords

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA DIFFUSA; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA;

EID: 35448973534     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/0890-037X(2003)017[0079:SGAIOD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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