Improving Crop Competitiveness with Weeds: Adaptations and Trade-offs

Crop Physiology: Applications for Genetic Improvement and Agronomy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 449-488

  McDonald, Glenn K ^a   Gill, Gurjeet S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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