Non Chemical Weed Management ：Principles, Concepts and Technology

Publication subTitle ：Principles, Concepts and Technology

Author： Upadhyaya M.K.; Blackshaw R.E.

Publisher： CABI Publishing‎

Publication year： 2007

E-ISBN: 9781845932916

P-ISBN(Hardback): 9781845932909

Subject： S451 weeds

Keyword： Agriculture and Related Industries Botany and Plant Sciences

Language： ENG

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Description

Following several decades of popularity after the Second World War, the use of synthetic herbicides is now experiencing a backlash within the agriculture industry.The increase in organic farming and concerns about potential negative effects on human health and the environment is creating a demand for pesticide-free food and alternative weed management techniques. International research has now explored the potential, limitations and impacts of non-chemical alternatives and the effect of different strategies on the entire agro- or natural ecosystem. Through the re-evaluation of techniques previously considered uneconomical or impractical, this text provides a comprehensive examination of non-chemical weed management.

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Contents

Contributors

Preface

1 Prevention Strategies in Weed Management

2 Understanding Weed–Crop Interactions to Manage Weed Problems

3 Cultural Weed Management

4 Cover Crops and Weed Management

5 Allelopathy: A Potential Tool in the Development of Strategies for Biorational Weed Management

6 Biological Control of Weeds Using Arthropods

7 Bioherbicides for Weed Control

8 Mechanical Weed Management

9 Use of Non-living Mulches for Weed Control

10 Thermal Weed Control

11 Soil Solarization and Weed Management

12 Non-chemical Weed Management: Synopsis, Integration and the Future

Index

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