Weed harrowing in organically grown cereal crops avoids yield losses without reducing weed diversity

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 405-411

  Armengot, Laura ^a   José María, Laura ^a   Chamorro, Lourdes ^a   Sans, Francesc Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crop weed competition; Herbicide applications; Mediterranean climate; Weed control; Weed species richness and composition

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CEREAL; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CROP PRODUCTION; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WEED; WEED CONTROL; YIELD RESPONSE;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84879015190     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-012-0107-8     Document Type: Article

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