Innovative strategies for on-farm weed management in organic carrot

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 246-259

  Peruzzi, Andrea ^a   Ginanni, Marco ^a   Fontanelli, Marco ^a   Raffaelli, Michele ^a   Bàrberi, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

False seedbed technique; Flame weeder; Hand weeding; Hoeing; Labor cost; Organic carrot; Physical weed control; Spring tine harrow; Torsion weeder

Indexed keywords

CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP PLANT; ORGANIC FARMING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; ROOT VEGETABLE; WEED CONTROL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 37049029649     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170507001810     Document Type: Article

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