Use of Plastic Mulch for Successive Crops

Journal of Vegetable Crop Production

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-70

  Parish, Richard L ^a   Bracy, Regina P ^a   Rosendale, Roger M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural practices; Multiple crops; Plastic mulch; Plasticulture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901371123     PISSN: 10496467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J068v08n01_08     Document Type: Article

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