Yield losses in maize (Zea mays) infested with parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.)

Crop Protection

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-82

  Safdar, Muhammad Ehsan ^a   Tanveer, Asif ^b   Khaliq, Abdul ^b   Riaz, Muhammad Asam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Density; Economic threshold level; Parthenium weed; Yield losses

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MAIZE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEED CONTROL; YIELD RESPONSE;

PARTHENIUM; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84922042514     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2015.01.010     Document Type: Article

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