Competitive ability of some cover crop species against Asystasia gangetica and Pennisetum polystachion

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 571-582

  Samedani, Batoul ^a   Juraimi, Abdul Shukor ^a   Anwar, Md Parvez ^a,b   Rafii, Mohd Yusop ^a   Awadz, Sheikh Abdullah Sheikh ^a   Anuar, Abudul Rahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; cover crop; relative crowding coefficient; relative yield total; replacement series; weed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865363231     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2012.677855     Document Type: Article

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