Sustainable weed management in conservation agriculture

Crop Protection

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 105-113

  Bajwa, Ali Ahsan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Conservation agriculture; Sustainability; Weed dynamics; Weed management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; DISTURBANCE; FOOD SECURITY; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; SUSTAINABILITY; TILLAGE; WEED CONTROL; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION;

EID: 84907330853     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2014.07.014     Document Type: Review

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