Perennial lucerne affects weed community trajectories in grain crop rotations

Weed Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 331-340

  Meiss, H ^b   Mediene S ^c   Waldhardt, R ^b   Caneill, J ^a   Bretagnolle, V ^d   Reboud, X ^a   Munier Jolain, N ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^d CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Community dynamics; Crop diversification; Integrated Weed Management; Medicago sativa; Perennial forage crops; Temporary grassland; Weed functional group

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CROP ROTATION; FORAGE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PERENNIAL PLANT; WEED; WEED CONTROL; WHEAT;

FRANCE;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77956398911     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2010.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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