Rye living mulch effects on soil moisture and weeds in asparagus

HortScience

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-63

  Brainard, Daniel C ^a   Bakker, John ^b   Corey Noyes, D ^a   Myers, Norm ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board   (United States)

Author keywords

Additional index words; Cover crops; Drought stress; Irrigation; Weed management

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS POWELLII; ASPARAGUS; CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS LONGISPINUS; CONYZA; CONYZA CANADENSIS; FILICOPHYTA; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 84855925857     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.47.1.58     Document Type: Article

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