Integrated Weed Management Systems
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2021) | Viewed by 5329
Special Issue Editors
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The sustainability of weed management in production agriculture and specialty crop systems continues to be challenged by troublesome and herbicide-resistant weeds. In cropping systems ranging from cotton, corn, pulses and peanut, specialty crops and vineyards, weed management decisions are increasingly complex, while traditional solutions are unsustainable or provide unsatisfactory weed control. Because of numerous weed control challenges in various systems around the world, the overuse of chemical weed control and conventional tillage practices increasingly negatively impact within-farm and off-farm soil and water quality. A paradigm shift integrating conservation systems, herbicidal or alternative/organic weed control, and alternative cultural weed control needs to occur in order to meet the food, fiber, and product quantity, quality, and sustainability demands of today's consumers and markets. Out-of-the-box weed management solutions are the key to protecting both crop yield and production sustainability.
Dr. Andrew Price
Dr. Jatinder Aulakh
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable agriculture
- troublesome weed control
- herbicide resistance management
- conservation systems
- alternative weed control
- production agriculture
- specialty crops
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