Validation of a Management Program Based on a Weed Cover Threshold Model: Effects on Herbicide Use and Weed Populations

Weed Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-193

  Simard, Marie Josée ^a   Panneton, Bernard ^a   Longchamps, Louis ^b   Lemieux, Claudel ^a   Légère, Anne ^c   Leroux, Gilles D ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crop yield loss; Decision support system; Image analysis; Residual weed population; Site specific weed management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GLYPHOSATE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAIZE; MODEL VALIDATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEED BANK; SOYBEAN; WEED CONTROL; YIELD RESPONSE;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 63449139149     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-08-090.1     Document Type: Article

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