Weed Biology and Management

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Invasive Plants

   • Hamid R. Mashhadi, Steven R. Radosevich

   Pages 1-28

3. Invasive Ecology of Weeds in Agricultural Systems

   • Barbara D. Booth, Stephen D. Murphy, Clarence J. Swanton

   Pages 29-45

4. Crop-Associated Weeds

   • T. Tominaga, Y. Yamasue

   Pages 47-63

5. Evolutionary Biology of the Foxtail (Setaria) Secies-Group

   • Jack Dekker

   Pages 65-113

6. Aquatic Weeds

   • S. Sidorkewicj, M. R. Sabbatini, O. A. Fernández, J. H. Irigoyen

   Pages 115-135

7. Agroecological Benefits from Weeds

   • Nicholas Jordan, Christine Vatovec

   Pages 137-158

8. Rising Carbon Dioxide and Weed Ecology

   • Lewis H. Ziska

   Pages 159-176

9. Molecular Aspects of Host-Parasite Interactions

   • James H. Westwood

   Pages 177-198

10. Altered Herbicide Target Sites

    • Michael J. Christoffers, Vijay K. Nandula, Lemma W. Mengistu, Calvin G. Messersmith

    Pages 199-210

11. Herbicide Resistance

    • L. J. Shane Friesen, J. Christopher Hall

    Pages 211-225

12. Fate and Properties of Herbicides in Tropical Soils

    • Rubem S. Oliveira Jr., Antonio C. S. Costa, Cássio A. Tormena

    Pages 227-249

13. Diversified Weed Management Systems

    • K. Neil Harker, George W. Clayton

    Pages 251-265

14. Soil-Improving Practices for Ecological Weed Management

    • Eric R. Gallandt

    Pages 267-284

15. Weed Management in Low-External-Input and Organic Farming Systems

    • Matt Liebman, Lammert Bastiaans, Daniel T. Baumann

    Pages 285-315

16. Improvement of Allelopathy in Crops for Weed Management

    • Maria Olofsdotter, Sven Bode Andersen

    Pages 317-328

17. Weed Management Under No-Tillage Systems in Tropical Regions

    • Itamar F. Souza, Luis Wagner R. Alves

    Pages 329-343

18. Soil Solarization

    • N. T. Yaduraju, J. S. Mishra

    Pages 345-362

19. Rationale, Approach and Adoption of Integrated Weed Management

    • Prasanta C. Bhowmik, Inderjit

    Pages 363-373

20. Adjuvants

    • Jerry M. Green, Chester L. Foy

    Pages 375-401

Weeds hold an enigmatic and sometimes-controversial place in agriculture, where they are generally reviled, grudgingly tolerated, and occasionally admired. In most cases, growers make considerable effort to reduce the negative economic impact of weeds because they compete with crops for resources and hinder field operations, thereby affecting crop productivity and quality, and ultimately the sustainability of agriculture. Weed control in production agriculture is commonly achieved through the integration of chemical, biological, and mechanical management methods. Chemicals (herbicides) usually inhibit the growth and establishment of weed plants by interfering with various physiological and biochemical pathways. Biological methods include crop competition, smother crops, rotation crops, and allelopathy, as well as specific insect predators and plant pathogens. Mechanical methods encompass an array of tools from short handled hoes to sophisticated video-guided robotic machines. Integrating these technologies, in order to relieve the negative impacts of weeds on crop production in a way that allows growers to optimize profits and preserve human health and the environment, is the science of weed management.

• Allelopathy
• Ecology
• Pathogen
• environment
• evolution
• molecular aspects
• physiology
• plant pathogens
• quality

From the reviews:

"Weeds have long been a concern of agriculturalists, and they continue to challenge weed scientists and farmers. … In 25 chapters, this book deals with such diverse topics as the evaluation of allelopathy, enhancing allelopathy through crop improvement, the beneficial effects of weeds under selected conditions, unique approaches to the study of host-parasite relationships within parasitic weeds, and the examination of ‘period thresholds’ as opposed to ‘zero tolerance’ of weeds. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above; general readers." (R. Frederiksen, CHOICE, Vol. 42 (5), 2005)

• Department of Botany, University of Delhi, India

  Inderjit

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