Manipulating crop row orientation to suppress weeds and increase crop yield

Weed Science

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-178

  Borger, Catherine P D ^a   Hashem, Abul ^a   Pathan, Shahab ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual ryegrass; Grain yield; Light interception; Row orientation; Row spacing; Weed biomass; Wild radish

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CEREAL; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; GROWTH REGULATOR; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHYTOMASS; WEED CONTROL;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; HORDEUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; PISUM SATIVUM; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77951270125     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-09-094.1     Document Type: Article

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