Subject: Re: weed preferences

From: Dick Dale <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 09:00:30 -0500 (EST)

On Wed, 16 Feb 1994, Preston Sullivan wrote:

> Has anyone seen a listing of weeds by species that tells
> what type of soil conditions and human-induced soil
> conditions (organic matter, compaction, nitrate conc.,
> pH, etc) that certain weeds prefer?  What I want this
> for is to shed some light on what farmers can do as far
> as selecting amendments and field operations that will
> affect certain weed species.

One book that I know of is called "Weeds and What They Tell" by E.E.
Pfeiffer. It was published about 40 years ago.

Dick Dale
Crop Consultant, Central New York Crop Management Association
607 898-4851
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