Forage radish cover crop suppresses winter annual weeds in fall and before corn planting

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-144

  Lawley, Yvonne E ^a   Weil, Ray R ^a   Teasdale, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SECALE CEREALE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79951760426     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2010.0187     Document Type: Article

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