Identification of a retardant dose of glyphosate with potential for integrated control of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms-Laubach

Biological Control

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-158

  Jadhav, Ashwini ^a   Hill, Martin ^b   Byrne, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Herbicide; Integrated weed management; Retardant dose

Indexed keywords

EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; NEOCHETINA EICHHORNIAE; PONTEDERIACEAE;

EID: 53049094201     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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