Use of non-living mulches for weed control

Non-Chemical Weed Management: Principles, Concepts and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 135-153

  Grundy, A C ^a   Bond, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Henry Doubleday Research Association   (United Kingdom)

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