Cover crops for weed management in southern reduced-tillage vegetable cropping systems

Weed Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 212-217

  Price, Andrew J ^a   Norsworthy, Jason K ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative weed control; conservation agriculture

Indexed keywords

COVER CROP; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; DICOTYLEDON; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIC FARMING; SUSTAINABILITY; TILLAGE; VEGETABLE; WEED CONTROL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875024121     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WT-D-12-00056.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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