The ability of alfalfa (medicago sativa) to establish in a seminatural habitat under different seed dispersal times and disturbance

Weed Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 314-320

  Bagavathiannan, Muthukumar V ^a   Gulden, Robert H ^a   Van Acker, Rene C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; disturbance; establishment; ferality; novel trait confinement; persistence

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALFALFA; CULTIVATION; GRASS; INVASIVENESS; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SWARD; WEED CONTROL;

NORTH AMERICA;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 79960185609     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-D-10-00144.1     Document Type: Article

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