Weed-suppressive effects of maize-legume intercropping in organic farming

International Journal of Pest Management

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-181

  Bilalis, Dimitrios ^a   Papastylianou, Panayiota ^a   Konstantas, Aristidis ^a   Patsiali, Sotiria ^a   Karkanis, Anestis ^a   Efthimiadou, Aspasia ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bean; Competition; Cowpea; Intercropping; Legumes; Maize; Organic agriculture; Weed flora; Weed suppression

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INTERCROPPING; LEAF AREA INDEX; LEGUME; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MAIZE; ORGANIC FARMING; PEST CONTROL; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WEED CONTROL;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77951479804     PISSN: 09670874     EISSN: 13665863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670870903304471     Document Type: Article

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