Portuguese farmer experiments with cover crops to suppress nutsedge

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Publication date	Wednesday, 4 September, 2019
Keywords	horticulture plant production productivity non-chemical weed control

The Portuguese Operational Group HortInf is trying to find non-chemical alternatives to conventional weed management that could be used by Portuguese farmers. Involved farmer Francisca Chaves Ramos:”We are looking for ways to use cover crops to suppress the nutsedge. It may help them to reduce their chemical weed management.”

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