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Author : Douglas Arthur Derksen,Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food,Kelner, David,Manitoba. Manitoba Agriculture,Juras, Len
Publisher : [Regina] : Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Weeds
ISBN : OCLC:45609492
Author : Harinder P. Singh,Daizy Rani Batish,Ravinder Kumar Kohli
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 956 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006-03-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1560229578
Innovative Strategies for Managing Weeds in an Environmentally Protective Manner Successfully meeting the challenge of providing weed control without relying on dangerous chemicals that endanger the ecosystem or human lives, this compendium focuses on management strategies that reduce herbicidal usage, restore ecological balance, and increase food production. It also provides new insights and approaches for weed scientists, agronomists, agriculturists, horticulturists, farmers, and extentionists, as well as teachers and students. In the Handbook of Sustainable Weed Management, experts from Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia organize in one resource information related to weeds and their management from different ecosystems around the world that has been until now been scattered throughout the literature.. The text captures the multifaceted impacts of and approaches to managing weeds from field, farm, landscape, regional, and global perspectives. Generously illustrated with tables and figures, this book not only describes the various techniques for weed management but shows you what methods work best in a given region, or in response to a specific, invasive weed or invaded crop. Covering the full scope of modern weed science the handbook examines different aspects of weed management, including— • Cultural practices • Cover crops • Crop rotation designs • Potential of herbicide resistant crops • Bioherbicides • Allelopathy • Microorganisms • Integrated weed management In spite of advancement in technologies and procedures, weeds continue to pose a major ecological and economical threat to agriculture. Handbook of Sustainable Weed Management takes a broad view of weeds as a part of an agricultural system composed of interacting production, environmental, biological, economic, and social components all working together to find balance. This comprehensive book is a vital addition to the debate over how global weed management is changing in the 21st century. Also available in soft cover
Author : Khawar Jabran,Bhagirath S. Chauhan
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128098820
Non-Chemical Weed Control is the first book to present an overview of plant crop protection against non-food plants using non-chemical means. Plants growing wild—particularly unwanted plants found in cultivated ground to the exclusion of the desired crop—have been treated with herbicides and chemical treatments in the past. As concern over environmental, food and consumer safety increases, research has turned to alternatives, including the use of cover crops, thermal treatments and biotechnology to reduce and eliminate unwanted plants. This book provides insight into existing and emerging alternative crop protection methods and includes lessons learned from past methodologies. As crop production resources decline while consumer concerns over safety increase, the effective control of weeds is imperative to insure the maximum possible levels of soil, sunlight and nutrients reach the crop plants. Allows reader to identify the most appropriate solution based on their individual use or case Provides researchers, students and growers with current concepts regarding the use of modern, environment-friendly weed control techniques Presents methods of weed management—an important part of integrated weed management in the future Exploits the knowledge gained from past sustainable weed management efforts
Author : Robert Zimdahl,Robert L. Zimdahl
Publisher : Burleigh Dodds Series in Agric
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1786761645
Weeds remain a major obstacle to improved yields in agriculture. At the same time, established methods of control are being undermined by problems such as herbicide resistance. This major collection reviews key developments in integrated weed management (IWM) to manage weeds more sustainably.
Author : Charles L. Mohler,Sue Ellen Johnson
Publisher : Natural Resource Agriculture and Engineering Service (Nraes)
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Crop rotation
ISBN : 1933395214
Author : Douglas Buhler
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000156713
Presents innovative approaches to weeds and weed management. Expanding the Context of Weed Management is your key to the latest economically and environmentally friendly methods of managing weeds. You will explore the biological, cultural, mechanical, and preventive tools and techniques that are necessary to successfully manage weeds. Expanding the Context of Weed Management teaches you how to optimize your crop production and profit by integrating preventive techniques, scientific knowledge, and management skills into your current farming routine. This practical volume contains a series of review articles and original research that present innovative approaches to weeds and weed management. In its pages you will discover valuable and practical information about: how weeds can be considered a part of the cropping system instead of an isolated pest to beeliminated why weeds behave as they do short and long term approaches to changing weed management standard breeding methods for weed competitive crops how to improve soil quality to manage weeds how to integrate pest management for weeds how to avoid propagule production how to reduce weed emergence in crops how to minimize weed competition with the crop The costliness of weeds and weed control is more than $15 billion a year in the United States.Expanding the Context of Weed Management will help you cut this cost with the latest methods of effective weed control. Intended for agronomists, weed scientists, crop advisors, environmentalists, students, and crop ecologists,this book provides a successful and environmentally sound perspective on weeds and their control.
Author : Giovanni Mauromicale,Sara Lombardo
Publisher : Mdpi AG
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 3036525351
Herbaceous field crops include several hundred plant species worldly widespread for different end-uses, from food to no-food applications. Among them are included cereals, grain legumes, sugar beet, potato, cotton, tobacco, sunflower, safflower, rape, flax, soybean, alfalfa, clover spp. and other fodder crops, but only 15-20 species play a relevant role for the worldly global economy. Nowadays, to meet the food demand of the ever-increasing world population in a scenario of decreased arable lands, the development of holistic agricultural management approaches to boost contemporaneously yield and quality of herbaceous field crops is essential. Accordingly, this book represents an up-to-date collection of the current understanding of the impact of several agricultural management factors (i.e., genetic selection, planting density and arrangement, fertilization, irrigation, weed control and harvest time) on the yield and qualitative performances of 11 field crops (wheat, cardoon, potato, clary sage, basil, sugarcane, canola, cotton, tomato, lettuce and hemp). On the whole, the topics covered in this book will ensure students and academic readers, such as plant physiologists, environmental scientists, biotechnologists, botanists, soil chemists and agronomists, to get the information about the recent research advances on the eco-sustainable management cultivation of herbaceous field crops, with a particular focus on varietal development, soil nutrient and water management, weed control, etc.
Author : British Columbia. Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Publisher : British Columbia, Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Herbicides
ISBN : 0772635048
Author : Rajinder Peshin,David Pimentel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400778023
The book deals with the present state and problems of integrated pest management (IPM) as relating to stakeholder acceptance of IPM and how IPM can become a sustainable practice. The book covers the implementation of integrated pest management in USA, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Netherlands, China, India, Indonesia, Australia, Africa, and its impact in reducing pesticide use in agriculture. The book also deals with the impact of transgenic crops on pesticide use.
Author : J. L. Hatfield,Bobby A. Stewart
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1997-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1575040697
Integrated Weed and Soil Management explores the connection between soil science and weed control, providing the latest research and applications for weed management in agricultural systems. Five major areas discussed include: surface residue, tillage, and weed and soil management integration of soil and weed management to reduce environmental degradation modeling weed emergence, interference, and management new technology and management development of the next generation of weed management systems Throughout the text, the editors and contributors replace weed control terminology with weed management terminology, shifting the paradigm of one of control to one of better management. Integrated Weed and Soil Management, a great reference for higher research, improves your understanding of soil science, weed biology, and ecology - leading to effective practical application and maximum results.
Author : Therese McGillion,Andrew Storrie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Field crops
ISBN : 1920932577
With herbicide resistance a growing concern in Australia's cropping industries, the IWM manual describes a broad range of chemical and nonchemical tactics for weed management aimed at reducing the weed seedbank and also reliance on herbicides. The manual is largely written for farm advisors with contributions from some of Australia's leading weed scientists.
Author : Nicholas E. Korres,Nilda R. Burgos,Stephen O. Duke
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351651974
In light of public concerns about sustainable food production, the necessity for human and environmental protection, along with the evolution of herbicide resistant weeds, call for a review of current weed control strategies. Sustainable weed control requires an integrated approach based on knowledge of each crop and the weeds that threaten it. This book will be an invaluable source of information for scholars, growers, consultants, researchers and other stakeholders dealing with either arable, row, cash, vegetables, orchards or even grassland-based production systems. The uniqueness of this book comes from the balanced coverage of herbicide effects on humans and environment in relation to best weed control practices of the most important cropping systems worldwide. Furthermore, it amalgamates and discusses the most appropriate, judicious and suitable weed control strategies for a wide range of crops. It reviews the available information and suggests solutions that are not merely feasible but also optimal.
Author : Dr Per Kudsk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1786767457
This collection explores recent developments in integrated weed management (IWM) that embrace a more holistic, landscape-based agroecological approach, including the application of technology to allow more informed decision-making and more targeted solutions.
Author : International Plant Protection Center
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9251022798
Author : Gareth Davies,Becky Turner,Bill Bond
Publisher : Crowood Press (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Organic farming
ISBN : 1861269706
This well researched book covers all aspects of organic weed management. It is essential reading, not only for organic farmers, growers, and smallholders, but also for organic advisers and consultants, agricultural students and all those who have an interest in weed management theory and practice in organic farming systems. The authors provide a practical guide to weed management practices on organic farms in temperate areas and emphasize a 'whole system approach' to organic weed management in the context of whole rotations. The book examines the scientific and organic principles underlying weed management and considers their implications for weed control. A thorough assessment is made of all of the common weeds and the different methods needed to manage them, both within particular crops and across broader organic agricultural systems.