Effects of preplant and postplant rotary hoe use on weed control, soybean pod position, and soybean yield

Weed Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 290-295

  Place, George T ^a   Reberg Horton, S Chris ^a   Burton, Michael G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical weed control; Organic farming; Organic weed management; Stale seedbed

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; GERMINATION; SOYBEAN; WEED CONTROL;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 66949137367     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-08-132.1     Document Type: Article

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