Evaluation of mulching, stale seedbed, hand weeding and hoeing for weed control in organic garden pea (Pisum sativum sub sp. Hortens L.)

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-123

  Gopinath, K A ^a   Kumar, Narendra ^a   Mina, Banshi L ^a   Srivastva, Anil K ^a   Gupta, H S ^a  

^a VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF HILL AGRICULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Garden pea; Hand weeding; Mulch; Organic farming; Stale seedbed; Weed control

Indexed keywords

AVENA LUDOVICIANA; MELILOTUS; MELILOTUS INDICA; PISUM SATIVUM; POLYGONUM;

EID: 60549117699     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03650340802287026     Document Type: Article

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