Improving soil quality: Implications for weed management

Journal of Crop Production

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-121

  Gallandt, Eric R ^a   Liebman, Matt ^b   Huggins, David R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Crop ecology; Weed biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047700318     PISSN: 1092678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J144v02n01_06     Document Type: Article

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