Bioherbicides for weed control

Non-Chemical Weed Management: Principles, Concepts and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 93-110

  Weaver, M A ^a   Lyn, M E ^a   Boyette, C D ^a   Hoagland, R E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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