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Weed Risk Assessments Can Be Useful, But Have Limitations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Jacob N. Barney*
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
Larissa L. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
Daniel R. Tekiela
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: jnbarney@vt.edu

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