Effectiveness of hot water, infrared and open flame thermal units for controlling weeds

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Astatkie, T ^a   Rifai, M N ^a   Havard, P ^a   Adsett, J ^a   Lacko Bartosova, M ^b   Otepka, P ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN NITRA   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOOD PRODUCTION; WEED;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS; BRASSICA; CHENOPODIUM; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; PERSICARIA; POLYGONUM PERSICARIA; SINAPIS; SINAPIS ALBA;

EID: 36349003576     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2007.10823205     Document Type: Article

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