Evaluation of mowing height and fertilizer application rate on quality and weed abundance of five home lawn grasses

Weed Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 826-831

  Debels, Brad T ^a   Griffith, Shane E ^a   Kreuser, William C ^a   Melby, Eric S ^a   Soldat, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital image analysis; Low input turfgrass; Smooth crabgrass; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CULTIVAR; DIGITAL IMAGE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; HEIGHT; HOME GARDEN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOWING; NITROGEN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILITY; WEED; WEED CONTROL;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

DIGITARIA ISCHAEMUM; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM PERENNE; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 84869810731     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WT-D-12-00062.1     Document Type: Article

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