Long-term management of Striga hermonthica: Strategy evaluation with a spatio-temporal population model

Weed Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 329-339

  Van Mourik, T A ^a,b   Bianchi, F J J A ^a,c   Van Der Werf, W ^a   Stomph, T J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics   (Mali)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Integrated weed management; Parasitic weed; Weed biology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CEREAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; INOCULATION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INTERCROPPING; LIFE CYCLE; MONOCULTURE; PARASITIC PLANT; POPULATION MODELING; SEED BANK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; WEED CONTROL;

SESAMUM INDICUM; STRIGA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA;

EID: 50049118583     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2008.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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