Comparison of three methodologies for efficient seed extraction in studies of soil weed seedbanks

Weed Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 472-478

  Mesgaran, M B ^a   Mashhadi, H R ^a   Zand, E ^b   Alizadeh, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Plant and Pests Research Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cloth bags; Flotation; Sampling efficiency; Seed extraction; Seedbank; Sieving

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CLAY LOAM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LOAM; PLANT EXTRACT; SAMPLING; SANDY LOAM; SEED BANK; SIEVING; SOIL TEXTURE; WEED;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS; DATURA STRAMONIUM; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO MAJOR; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PORTULACACEAE;

EID: 35948996242     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2007.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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