Effects of duck activities on a weed community under a transplanted rice-duck farming system in southern China

Weed Biology and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 250-257

  Zhang, Jia En ^a   Xu, Rongbao ^a   Chen, Xin ^b   Quan, Guoming ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Rice grain yield; Transplanted rice duck farming system; Weed biodiversity; Weed biomass; Weed density

Indexed keywords

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EID: 68949209835     PISSN: 14446162     EISSN: 14456664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-6664.2009.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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