Effects of soil fungi on weed communities in a corn-soybean rotation

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 108-117

  Jordan, N ^a   Huerd, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mycorrhizae; Plant soil interaction; Soil microbiology; Weed biocontrol; Weed ecology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIOMASS; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; MAIZE; SOIL BIOTA; SOYBEAN; WEED; WEED CONTROL;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44449129488     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170508002226     Document Type: Article

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