Weed management by upstate New York organic farmers: Strategies, techniques and research priorities

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 418-427

  Baker, Brian P ^a   Mohler, Charles L ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

cultivation tools; cultural practices; organic agriculture; tillage; upstate New York; weed ecology; weed management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CULTIVATION; HERBICIDE; ORGANIC FARMING; PERENNIAL PLANT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TILLAGE; WEED CONTROL;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941185547     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170514000192     Document Type: Article

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