Water use efficiency as a method for predicting water use by weeds

Weed Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 153-155

  Norris, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Losses; Transpiration coefficient

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; ECHINOCHLOA; ECHINOCHLOA CRUS-GALLI; GALLI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 3643059370     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0890037x00045863     Document Type: Article

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