Land equivalent ratios, light interception, and water use in annual intercrops in the presence or absence of in-crop herbicides

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1145-1154

  Szumigalski, Anthony R ^a   Van Acker, Rene C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS; CORRELATION METHODS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; GROUNDWATER; HERBICIDES; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; ROUGHNESS MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY; WEED CONTROL;

AMERICAN SOCIETY; BRASSICA NAPUS; CROP PRODUCTION; DRY MATTER (DM); EQUIVALENT RATIOS; FIELD PEA; GRAIN YIELD (GY); HERBICIDE TREATMENTS; LIGHT INTERCEPTION; MANITOBA , CANADA; NEGATIVE CORRELATIONS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RESOURCE USE; SOIL PROFILING; WATER USES; WATER UTILIZATION; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY (WUE); WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

REUSABILITY;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 47749152673     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2006.0343     Document Type: Article

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