Impact of selective flame weeding on onion yield, pungency, flavonoid concentration, and weeds

Crop Protection

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 45-51

  Sivesind, Evan C ^a   Leblanc, Maryse L ^b   Cloutier, Daniel C ^c   Seguin, Philippe ^a   Stewart, Katrine A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Insitut de Recherche et de Dveloppement en Agroenvironment   (Canada)

^c Institut de Malherbologie   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flavonoids; Organic agriculture; Pungency; Weeds

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; HEATING; ORGANIC FARMING; PIGMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PROPANE; SHOOT; VEGETABLE; WEED CONTROL; YIELD RESPONSE;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 84861004726     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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