Comparison of herbicide programs for weed control in glyphosate-resistant alfalfa

Weed Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-138

  Dillehay, Bryan L ^a,b   Curran, William S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forage quality

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; CHEMICAL CONTROL; DATA ASSIMILATION; FORAGE; GLYPHOSATE; WEED CONTROL; YIELD RESPONSE;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952614724     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WT-D-09-00039.1     Document Type: Article

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