Weed suppression ability of three winter wheat varieties at different row spacing under organic farming conditions

Weed Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 526-533

  Drews, S ^a   Neuhoff, D ^a   KOpke U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crop competitiveness; Cultural weed control; Non chemical weed control; Organic farming; Wheat

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CULTIVAR; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; ORGANIC FARMING; SHADING; SPACING; WEED CONTROL; WHEAT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 69949103699     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2009.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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