Invasive white sweetclover (melilotus officinalis) control with herbicides, cutting, and flaming

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 270-277

  Conn, Jeffery S ^a   Seefeldt, Steven S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Burning; Chemical weed control; Cutting; Flaming; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

MELILOTUS ALBA; MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 70349588996     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-08-118.1     Document Type: Article

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