How important are crop spatial pattern and density for weed suppression by spring wheat?

Weed Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 501-509

  Olsen, Jannie Maj ^a   Griepentrog, Hans Werner ^a,b   Nielsen, Jon ^a   Weiner, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

crop density; crop sowing pattern; Crop weed competition; Morisita index

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOWING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WEED CONTROL; WHEAT;

EID: 84865174460     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-D-11-00172.1     Document Type: Article

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