Optimal weed management in crop rotations: Incorporating economics is crucial

Weed Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 413-424

  van den Berg, F ^a   Gilligan, C A ^b   Gerdessen, J C ^c   Gregoire, L A H ^a,c   van den Bosch, F ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bio economic model; Carrots; Crop rotation; Optimisation; Organic farming; Periodic matrix model; Persicaria maculosa; Redshank; Spring wheat; Weed management

Indexed keywords

CROP DAMAGE; CROP ROTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VEGETABLE; WADER; WEED CONTROL; WHEAT;

DAUCUS CAROTA; PERSICARIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77956280131     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2010.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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