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Article: Study findings on science are outlined in reports from University of Bonn.
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- Food Weekly News
- Article date:
- October 8, 2009
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"For three seasons, six field trials were conducted in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) at different sites in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The aim was to evaluate the performance of three varieties, which differ in their shading behaviour, in suppressing weeds under organic farming (Okologischer Landbau) conditions and grown at three row spacings," scientists writing in the journal Weed Research report.
"The experimental factors were cultivar, row width and row orientation. Key parameters of crop and weed development, including ground cover and biomass, were assessed at different growth stages and analysed with ANOVA. Growth of the site-specific weed ...