Influence of different tillage systems and weed treatments in the establishment year on the final biomass production of short rotation coppice poplar

Forests

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 849-867

  Morhart, Christopher ^a   Sheppard, Jonathan ^a   Seidl, Frieder ^b   Spiecker, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Centre for Agricultural Technology Augustenberg (LTZ)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass; Herbicide; Plantation establishment; Poplar; Short rotation coppice; SRC; Weed control

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CHEMICAL CONTROLS; PLANTATION ESTABLISHMENT; POPLAR; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; SHORT ROTATION COPPICE; SRC; VEGETATION CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; HERBICIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROTATION; WEED CONTROL;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CULTIVATION; GROWING SEASON; HERBICIDE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PLANTATION; PLOWING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TILLAGE; WEED CONTROL;

EID: 84888801755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f4040849     Document Type: Article

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