Navigating a critical juncture for sustainable weed management

BioScience

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-84

  Mortensen, David A ^a   Egan, J Franklin ^a   Maxwell, Bruce D ^b   Ryan, Matthew R ^a   Smith, Richard G ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture production; Agroecosystems; Biotechnology; Sustainability; Transgenic organisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862908488     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.1.12     Document Type: Article

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