Thermal weed control

Non-Chemical Weed Management: Principles, Concepts and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 155-175

  Ascard, J ^a   Hatcher, P E ^b   Melander, B ^c   Upadhyaya, M K ^d  

^a Box 12   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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