Recent Advances in Weed Management

✍ Scribed by Bhagirath S. Chauhan, Gulshan Mahajan (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 414
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume addresses recent developments in weed science. These developments include conservation agriculture and conservation tillage, climate change, environmental concerns about the runoff of agrochemicals, resistance of weeds and crops to herbicides, and the need for a vastly improved understanding of weed ecology and herbicide use. The book provides details on harnessing knowledge of weed ecology to improve weed management in different crops and presents information on opportunities in weed management in different crops. Current management practices are also covered, along with guidance for selecting herbicides and using them effectively.

Written by experts in the field and supplemented with instructive illustrations and tables, Recent Advances in Weed Management is an essential reference for agricultural specialists and researchers, government agents, extension specialists, and professionals throughout the agrochemical industry, as well as a foundation for advanced students taking courses in weed science.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Ecologically Based Weed Management Strategies....Pages 1-11
Ecology and Management of Weeds in a Changing Climate....Pages 13-37
Role of Allelopathy in Weed Management....Pages 39-61
Weed Management in Organic Farming....Pages 63-85
Weed Management in Conservation Agriculture Systems....Pages 87-124
Integrated Weed Management in Rice....Pages 125-153
Recent Advances in Weed Management in Wheat....Pages 155-176
Integrated Weed Management in Maize....Pages 177-196
Integrated Weed Management in Cotton....Pages 197-222
Integrated Weed Management in Soybean....Pages 223-237
Integrated Weed Management in Horticultural Crops....Pages 239-254
Integrated Weed Management in Plantation Crops....Pages 255-280
Management of Aquatic Weeds....Pages 281-314
Weed Management for Parasitic Weeds....Pages 315-345
Herbicide Resistance in Weeds and Crops: Challenges and Opportunities....Pages 347-364
Challenges and Opportunities in Weed Management Under a Changing Agricultural Scenario....Pages 365-390
Strengthening Farmers’ Knowledge for Better Weed Management in Developing Countries....Pages 391-405
Back Matter....Pages 407-411

✦ Subjects

Plant Sciences; Plant Ecology; Systems Biology; Developmental Biology; Plant Anatomy/Development; Plant Physiology