Handbook of Sustainable Weed Management. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Harinder P. Singh, Daizy Rani Batish, Ravinder Kumar Kohli.
• Editors: Singh, Harinder P; Batish, Daizy Rani; Kohli, Ravinder Kumar
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Weeds and Their Management: Rationale and Approaches; What Are Weeds?; Why Are Weeds Successful?; Impact of Weeds; Weed Management; Integrated Weed Management; Herbicide-Resistant Crops: Benefits and Harms; Herbicide Antidotes and Synergists; Weed Management-Some Alternate Approaches; Future Directions; Chapter 2: Weed Management: A Basic Component of Modern Crop Production; Introduction; Integrated Pest Management; Components of Integrated Weed Management Control StrategiesEconomic Areas Affected by Weeds and Their Management; Suggestions for Improved Weed Research Management; Chapter 3: Contributions to Weed Suppression from Cover Crops; Introduction; Management Issues; Evidence for Weed Suppression; Weed Suppression Mechanisms; Economics; Conclusions; Chapter 4: Utilizing Brassica Cover Crops for Weed Suppression in Annual Cropping Systems; Introduction; Mechanisms of Weed Suppression with Brassica Cover Crops; Integrating Brassica Cover Crops into Cropping Systems; Conclusions; Chapter 5: Grass-Legume Mixed Cover Crops for Weed Management IntroductionBenefits of Mixed Cover Crops; Management of a Mixed Cover Crop; Efficacy of Mixed Cover Crop for Weed Control; Crop Yield Following Mixed Cover Crops; Conclusions; Chapter 6: Rye As a Weed Management Tool in Vegetable Cropping Systems; Introduction; The Advantages of Rye Cover Crops; The Disadvantages of Rye Cover Crops; Effects of Rye Cover Crops on Weed Populations; Managing Rye Cover Crops; Mechanisms Explaining Rye Effects on Weeds; The Effects of Weed Control and Rye on Vegetables; Methods to Make Rye a Feasible Weed Management Tactic; Conclusions and Recommendations Chapter 7: A Rotation Design That Aids Annual Weed Management in a Semiarid RegionCrop Production in the Great Plains of the United States; Impact of Rotation Design on Weed Dynamics; A Rotation Design That Aids Weed Management; Cultural Practices That Improve Crop Competitiveness; Ecologically Based Weed Management in the Semiarid Great Plains; Chapter 8: Examining Tillage and Crop Rotation Effects on Weed Populations in the Canadian Prairies; Introduction; Multisite Project; Weed Community Associations; Conclusions; Chapter 9: Potential of Allelopathy and Allelochemicals for Weed Management IntroductionAllelopathy, Allelochemicals: A Brief Background; Allelopathic Interactions and Their Scope for Weed Management in Agroecosystems; Cultural Practices, Allelopathic Crops, and Weed Management; Screening of Cultivars with Greater Allelopathic Potential and Their Role in Crop Improvement; Allelochemicals As Herbicides; Potential of Allelopathic Interactions for Parasitic Weed Management; Allelopathy and Management of Aquatic Weeds; Conclusions; Chapter 10: Progress in Developing Weed-Suppressive Rice Cultivars for the Southern United States; Rice in the United States
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 632/.5; Crop science; Botany; Agriculture; Agriculture; Botany; Crop science; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482293593; 1482293595
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