Possible weed establishment control by applying cryogens to fields before snowfalls

Weed Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 454-458

  Jitsuyama, Yutaka ^a   Ichikawa, Shinji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryogen; freezing point depression; thermal weed control

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC FLUID; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; ICE; MAIZE; PLASTIC; SALT; SNOW; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WEED CONTROL;

SPERGULA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80051952822     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WT-D-09-00073.1     Document Type: Article

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