Seeding rate effects on weed control and yield for organic soybean production

Weed Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 497-502

  Place, George T ^a   Reberg Horton, Samuel Chris ^a   Dunphy, Jim E ^a   Smith, Adam N ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative weed management; Cultural weed control; Organic grain production

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CROP PRODUCTION; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIC FARMING; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SEEDING; SOYBEAN; WEED CONTROL; YIELD RESPONSE;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 73149119989     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WT-08-134.1     Document Type: Article

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