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Weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems

Code: 9781801467841
Edited by: Professor Gottlieb Basch, Professor Emilio González-Sanchez, Mr John Geraghty, Dr Seyed Vahid Eslami, Professor Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Dr Saidi Mkomwa and Dr Marie Bartz

There remains considerable uncertainty surrounding the future of effective weed control in agriculture, particularly due to the environmental impact of herbicides, as well as increasing levels of herbicide resistance. In Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems where ploughing has been replaced with no-tillage systems, weed management without reliance on herbicides has proven to be even more challenging.

Weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems reviews the range of alternative, non-chemical methods of weed control which can be implemented to improve the productivity and sustainability of CA. These methods include cultural and biological techniques such as cover crop roller crimping, mechanical weeding and thermal weed control. The book also assesses ways of optimising weed control in perennial, horticultural and other crops.

With its detailed exploration of weed management in specific production systems, as well as the range of weed management techniques available, the book provides its readers with the means necessary to implement more sustainable methods of weed control that protect both yields and the environment.

Key Features

  • Considers how weed management can be optimised in an array of different production systems, including perennial Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems and organic CA systems

  • Provides a comprehensive overview of the recent research on the use of cultural and physical weed management techniques in CA systems, such as the use of allelopathy, cover crops and mechanical weeding

  • Reviews the range of chemical and biological weed management techniques available to CA farmers, including the use of bioherbicides and other emerging methods of biological control

£150.00
Table of Contents

  • 1.Weed ecology in Conservation Agriculture systems: an overview: Seyed Vahid Eslami, University of Birjand, Iran;
  • 2.Modelling weed dynamics in Conservation Agriculture systems: Jose Gonzalez-Andujar, CISC, Spain;

Part 1 Cultural, physical and chemical weed management techniques

  • 3.Cultural techniques to control weeds in Conservation Agriculture systems: Francisco Skora Neto, IAPAR, Brazil;
  • 4.The use of allelopathy in weed control in Conservation Agriculture systems: Muhammad Farooq, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman;
  • 5.Advances in mechanical weeding technologies for Conservation Agriculture conditions: Lou Shangyi, Tianjin University of Technology and Education, China;
  • 6.Thermal weed control in Conservation Agriculture systems: Bernhard Streit, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland;
  • 7.State-of-the-art of the use of herbicides in Conservation Agriculture systems: Per Kudsk, Aarhus University, Denmark;
  • 8.Advances in the reduction of herbicide use in Conservation Agriculture systems: Stéphane Cordeau, INRAE, France;

Part 2 Weed management in specific production systems

  • 9.Weed management in perennial Conservation Agriculture systems: Emilio González-Sánchez, University of Cordoba, Spain;
  • 10.Weed management in horticultural Conservation Agriculture systems: Marcelo Zanella, EPAGRI, Brazil;
  • 11.Weed management in organic Conservation Agriculture systems: Paolo Barberi, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy;
  • 12.Weed management in Conservation Agriculture-based integrated crop production systems: Ademir Calegari, IAPAR, Brazil;
  • 13.Farmers’ testimonies on weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems: Gottlieb Basch, University of Evora, Portugal;

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