An on-farm approach to investigate the impact of diversified crop rotations on weed species richness and composition in winter wheat

Weed Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 534-543

  Ulber, L ^a   Steinmann, H H ^a   Klimek, S ^b   Isselstein, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Federal Research Institute of Rural Areas Forestry and Fisheries vTI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arable weeds; Biodiversity; Conventional farming; Cropping system; Herbicide use; Organic farming; Weed control

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CROP ROTATION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; ORGANIC FARMING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER; WEED; WEED CONTROL; WHEAT;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 69949110634     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2009.00722.x     Document Type: Article

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