Economic return of purple and yellow nutsedge management in vegetable production of southern California

Crop Protection

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 319-326

  Wang, G ^a   McGiffen Jr , M E ^b   Ogbuchiekwe, E J ^b   Butler, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Crop rotation; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GROWING SEASON; SEDGE; VEGETABLE; WEED CONTROL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; CUCUMIS MELO; CYPERUS; CYPERUS ESCULENTUS; CYPERUS ROTUNDUS; SORGHUM X DRUMMONDII; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 60149110682     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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