Understanding weed-crop interactions to manage weed problems

Non-Chemical Weed Management: Principles, Concepts and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 17-33

  Maxwell, B D ^a   O'Donovan, J T ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

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