Germination ecology of goosegrass (Eleusine indica): An important grass weed of rainfed rice

Weed Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 699-706

  Chauhan, Bhagirath S ^a   Johnson, David E ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Depth; Emergence; Germination; Light; Residue; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMINATION; GRASS; LIGHT EFFECT; RICE; SALINITY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; WEED;

ELEUSINE; ELEUSINE INDICA; MENTHA;

EID: 51849116392     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-08-048.1     Document Type: Article

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