Red fescue undersown in winter wheat suppresses Elytrigia repens

Weed Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 447-455

  Bergkvist, G ^a   Adler, A ^a   Hansson, M ^a   Weih, M ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Couch grass; Cover crops; Elymus repens; Festuca rubra; Living mulch; Niche differentiation; Triticum aestivum; Weed competition; Weed management

Indexed keywords

COVER CROP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGE; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HERBICIDE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MULCH; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHYTOMASS; RHIZOME; SEASONALITY; TILLAGE; UNDERSTORY; WEED CONTROL; WHEAT;

ELYMUS; ELYMUS REPENS; FESTUCA RUBRA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77956295222     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2010.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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