Ecological and Economic Benefits of Vegetation Management Measures in Citrus Orchards on Red Soils1 1 Project supported by the Swiss Syngenta (China) Investment Co. Ltd.

Pedosphere

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 214-221

  SHUI, Jian Guo ^a   WANG, Qiu Zhen ^b   LIAO, Gen Qing ^c   AU, J ^d   ALLARD, J L ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Soil and Fertilizer Station of Wucheng District   (China)

^d Syngenta (China) Investment Co Ltd   (China)

^e JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

benefits; citrus; herbicide; red soil; vegetation management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; FRUIT; HERBICIDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORCHARD; RED SOIL; SANDY SOIL; TILLAGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CITRUS;

EID: 39749202202     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(08)60009-0     Document Type: Article

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