Plant characteristics associated with weed competitiveness of rice under upland and lowland conditions in West Africa

Field Crops Research

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 308-317

  Saito, K ^a   Azoma, K ^a   Rodenburg, J ^b  

^a AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Benin)

^b AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Growth vigor; Interspecific hybrid; Oryza glaberrima; Oryza sativa; Screening; Selection criteria; Weed suppressive ability

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENOTYPE; HYBRID; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RICE; SIZE AT MATURITY; VIGOR; WEED;

ORYZA; ORYZA GLABERRIMA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 77549084972     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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