Influence of redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus L.) emergence time and density on yield and quality of two sugar beet cultivars

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 261-266

  Heidari, Gholamreza ^a   Nasab, Adel Dabbagh Mohammadi ^a   Javanshir, Aziz ^a   Khoie, Farrokh Rahimzadeh ^a   Moghaddam, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Competition; Emergence time; Root and sugar yield; Weed density

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 36649008321     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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