Weed management in cranberries: A historical perspective and a look to the future

Agriculture (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2018, Pages

  Sandler, Hilary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy processing; Big data; Flame cultivation; Herbicides; Precision agriculture; Unmanned aerial systems; Weed priorities; Wet blade technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053637979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture8090138     Document Type: Review

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