Elucidating the apparent maize tolerance to weed competition in long-term organically managed systems

Weed Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-36

  Ryan, M R ^a   Mortensen, D A ^a   Bastiaans, L ^b   Teasdale, J R ^c   Mirsky, S B ^c   Curran, W S ^a   Seidel, R ^d   Wilson, D O ^d   Hepperly, P R ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d King's Agriseeds Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Conventional; Maize; Organic; Soil organic matter; Tolerance; Weed crop competition

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIC FARMING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOLERANCE; WEED CONTROL;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 74249122187     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2009.00750.x     Document Type: Article

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