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Weed Science - A Plea for Thought - Revisited

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Robert L. Zimdahl

    1. Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Manage, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA

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Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Agriculture (BRIEFSAGRO)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Need for Historical Perspective

    • Robert L. Zimdahl
    Pages 1-23

  3. Pesticides and Value Questions

    • Robert L. Zimdahl
    Pages 25-30

  4. The Pesticide Paradigm

    • Robert L. Zimdahl
    Pages 31-41

  5. A Question of Faith

    • Robert L. Zimdahl
    Pages 43-63

  6. The Future

    • Robert L. Zimdahl
    Pages 65-70

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 71-73
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About this book

Weed scientists are confident of increasing production through agricultural technology, including herbicides, but do not must ask if the moral obligation to feed people is sufficient justification for the benefits and harms achieved. A continuing, rigorous examination of the science’s goals that leads to appropriate change is advocated. Weed scientists have a research consensus - a paradigm - Weeds must be controlled. Herbicides are the best control technology. Agriculture's practitoners should discuss the necessity and risks of their technology. Discussion must include scientific evidence and value-laden arguments.

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“This intriguing short volume is a series of philosophical essays pleading for weed scientists to consider more carefully their research and its consequences for society, human health and the environment. … I recommend this to all who wish to consider how weed science could develop; but not only weed science. This is a salutary tale for all scientists – remember that there is a wider world out there!” (Ken Davies, Experimental Agriculture, Vol. 49 (1), 2013)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Manage, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA

    Robert L. Zimdahl

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Weed Science - A Plea for Thought - Revisited

  • Authors: Robert L. Zimdahl

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Agriculture

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2088-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Robert L. Zimdahl 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2087-9Published: 27 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2088-6Published: 26 September 2011

  • Series ISSN: 2211-808X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-8098

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 73

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Agriculture

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