Mechanical in-row weed control in transplanted and direct-sown bulb onions

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-251

  Ascard, Johan ^a   Fogelberg, Fredrik ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (JTI)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL CONTROL; PEST CONTROL; WEED CONTROL;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 43549109015     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2008.9755051     Document Type: Article

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