Flame cultivation as a complement to mechanical and herbicidal control of weeds

Journal of Vegetable Crop Production

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 65-83

  Parish, Richard L ^a   Porter, Wayne C ^a   Vidrine, Paul R ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Dean Lee Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterpea; Cultivation; Cultural practices; Flame; Lima bean; Southernpea; Weed control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988628402     PISSN: 10496467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J068v03n02_07     Document Type: Article

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