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  • Enhancement of the weed competitive ability of lowland rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars

    Creator:
    Ranasinghe, Lakshman L.
    Abstract:
    Most of the presently grown cultivars of rice (Oryza sativa L.) have poor competitive ability against weeds if compared with traditional cultivars. Therefore, effective weed control is an important but often costly and difficult management practice in rice crop production. If weed competitive ability of rice cultivars could be improved...
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    Dissertation
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    . Thomas, Steven R. Radosevich, Timothy L. Righetti and Arnold P. Appleby for their guidance, time and

  • An evaluation of weed interference in rice grown on hydromorphic soils in West Africa

    Creator:
    Diop, Amadou Makhtar
    Abstract:
    Field, screenhouse, and laboratory experiments were conducted to study weed interference in rice grown on hydromorphic soils at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) at Ibadan, Nigeria. Rice and weeds emerged at the same time, 1 week after planting. Weed dry weight was significantly reduced when the crop was...
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    Dissertation
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    first draft of the manuscript, and members of my committee, Steve Radosevich, for his constructive