Non-chemical weed management : principles, concepts and technology /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Pesticides > Risk mitigation.; Weeds > Control.; Plant Cropping Systems.; Weeds and Noxious Plants.; Plant Disorders and Injuries (Not caused directly by Organisms); Biological Control.; Environmental Pest Management.; Soil Management.; Plant Ecology.; Arthropods.; Allelopathy.; Biological control.; Biological control agents.; Cover crops.; Crop weed competition.; Cultural control.; Cultural methods.; Heat treatment.; Mechanical methods.; Mulches.; Mulching.; Mycoherbicides.; Natural enemies.; Soil solarization.; Weed control.; Weeds.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 239 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781845932916 (ebook); 1845932919 (ebook)
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This book deals with the principles, concepts, technology, potential, limitations and impacts of various non-chemical weed management options. It contains 12 chapters discussing topics on prevention strategies in weed management, exploitation of weed crop interactions to manage weed problems, cultural methods, cover crops, allelopathy, classical biological control using phytophagous arthropods, bioherbicides (such as mycoherbicides), mechanical weed control, non-living mulches, thermal weed control and soil solarization.