Mechanical termination of diverse cover crop mixtures for improved weed suppression in organic cropping systems

Weed Science

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 162-170

  Wortman, Sam E ^a   Francis, Charles A ^a   Bernards, Mark A ^b   Blankenship, Erin E ^a   Lindquist, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

allelopathy; biodiversity; ecological weed management; mechanical weed control; Organic farming; physical weed suppression

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRONOMY; ALLELOPATHY; BIOMASS; COVER CROP; CROP RESIDUE; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; DICOTYLEDON; MAIZE; MECHANICAL CONTROL; ORGANIC FARMING; SOYBEAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WEED CONTROL;

MEAD; NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; HELIANTHUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84872742315     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-D-12-00066.1     Document Type: Article

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