Mowing any time after midsummer can manage Japanese Stiltgrass

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-216

  Shelton, Angela L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive plant; Management; Mechanical control; Mowing

Indexed keywords

MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM;

EID: 84863843204     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-11-00059.1     Document Type: Article

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