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Title Handbook of Sustainable Weed Management / editors, Harinder P. Singh, Daizy Rani Batish, Ravinder Kumar Kohli
Edition First edition
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource : text file, PDF
Series Crop science
Crop science.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Weeds and Their Management: Rationale and Approaches; What Are Weeds?; Why Are Weeds Successful?; Impact of Weeds; Weed Management; Integrated Weed Management; Herbicide-Resistant Crops: Benefits and Harms; Herbicide Antidotes and Synergists; Weed Management-Some Alternate Approaches; Future Directions; Chapter 2: Weed Management: A Basic Component of Modern Crop Production; Introduction; Integrated Pest Management; Components of Integrated Weed Management
Control StrategiesEconomic Areas Affected by Weeds and Their Management; Suggestions for Improved Weed Research Management; Chapter 3: Contributions to Weed Suppression from Cover Crops; Introduction; Management Issues; Evidence for Weed Suppression; Weed Suppression Mechanisms; Economics; Conclusions; Chapter 4: Utilizing Brassica Cover Crops for Weed Suppression in Annual Cropping Systems; Introduction; Mechanisms of Weed Suppression with Brassica Cover Crops; Integrating Brassica Cover Crops into Cropping Systems; Conclusions; Chapter 5: Grass-Legume Mixed Cover Crops for Weed Management
IntroductionBenefits of Mixed Cover Crops; Management of a Mixed Cover Crop; Efficacy of Mixed Cover Crop for Weed Control; Crop Yield Following Mixed Cover Crops; Conclusions; Chapter 6: Rye As a Weed Management Tool in Vegetable Cropping Systems; Introduction; The Advantages of Rye Cover Crops; The Disadvantages of Rye Cover Crops; Effects of Rye Cover Crops on Weed Populations; Managing Rye Cover Crops; Mechanisms Explaining Rye Effects on Weeds; The Effects of Weed Control and Rye on Vegetables; Methods to Make Rye a Feasible Weed Management Tactic; Conclusions and Recommendations
Chapter 7: A Rotation Design That Aids Annual Weed Management in a Semiarid RegionCrop Production in the Great Plains of the United States; Impact of Rotation Design on Weed Dynamics; A Rotation Design That Aids Weed Management; Cultural Practices That Improve Crop Competitiveness; Ecologically Based Weed Management in the Semiarid Great Plains; Chapter 8: Examining Tillage and Crop Rotation Effects on Weed Populations in the Canadian Prairies; Introduction; Multisite Project; Weed Community Associations; Conclusions; Chapter 9: Potential of Allelopathy and Allelochemicals for Weed Management
IntroductionAllelopathy, Allelochemicals: A Brief Background; Allelopathic Interactions and Their Scope for Weed Management in Agroecosystems; Cultural Practices, Allelopathic Crops, and Weed Management; Screening of Cultivars with Greater Allelopathic Potential and Their Role in Crop Improvement; Allelochemicals As Herbicides; Potential of Allelopathic Interactions for Parasitic Weed Management; Allelopathy and Management of Aquatic Weeds; Conclusions; Chapter 10: Progress in Developing Weed-Suppressive Rice Cultivars for the Southern United States; Rice in the United States
Summary "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"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Crop science.
Botany.
Agriculture.
Agriculture
farming (activity or system)
agriculture (discipline)
Agriculture
Botany
Crop science
Form Electronic book
Author Singh, Harinder P., editor
Batish, Daizy Rani, editor
Kohli, Ravinder Kumar, editor
ISBN 9781482293593
1482293595