The status of weed science at universities and experiment stations in the northeastern united states 1

Weed Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1150-1156

  Derr, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entomology; Faculty positions; Graduate classes; Graduate students; Plant pathology; Undergraduate classes

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649311603     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WT-03-253R1     Document Type: Review

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