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.
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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, cultur...

Table of Contents:

• Prevention Strategies in Weed Management / P.J. Christoffoleti, S.J. Pinto de Carvalho, M. Nicolai, D. Doohan and M. VanGessel
• Understanding Weed-Crop Interactions to Manage Weed Problems / B.D. Maxwell and J.T. O'Donovan
• Cultural Weed Management / R.E. Blackshaw, R.L. Anderson and D. Lemerle
• Cover Crops and Weed Management 49 J.R. Teasdale, L.O. Brandsæter, A. Calegari and F. Skora Neto
• Allelopathy : A Potential Tool in the Development of Strategies for Biorational Weed Management / L.A. Weston and Inderjit
• Biological Control of Weeds Using Arthropods / B. Blossey
• Bioherbicides for Weed Control / M.A. Weaver, M.E. Lyn, C.D. Boyette and R.E. Hoagland
• Mechanical Weed Management / D.C. Cloutier, R.Y. van der Weide, A. Peruzzi and M.L. Leblanc
• Use of Non-living Mulches for Weed Control / A.C. Grundy and B. Bond
• Thermal Weed Control / J. Ascard, P.E. Hatcher, B. Melander and M.K. Upadhyaya
• Soil Solarization and Weed Management / O. Cohen and B. Rubin
• Non-chemical Weed Management : Synopsis, Integration and the Future / M.K. Upadhyaya and R.E. Blackshaw.