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Agricultural And Environmental Weeds Of South Texas And Their Management, Pushpa Soti, John A. Goolsby, Alexis Racelis
Agricultural And Environmental Weeds Of South Texas And Their Management, Pushpa Soti, John A. Goolsby, Alexis Racelis
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The Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) in south Texas is one of the most productive agricultural regions in southern United States. With subtropical climate and highly fertile soils, this region provides a year-round growing condition for crops. Along with citrus, major crops grown in the region are sorghum cotton and corn in the summer and vegetables in winter. Thus, a fallow period of 3-6 months between successive crops is common in the region. Growers in this region report weeds as their number one economic and agronomic problem affecting crop yield and quality and increasing the cost of production and weeds …