Ecological Management of Agricultural Weeds (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521037877)

This volume provides principles and practices for ecologically based weed management in a wide range of temperate and tropical farming systems. The authors describe how tillage and cultivation practices, manipulations of soil conditions, competitive cultivars, crop diversification, grazing livestock, arthropod and microbial biocontrol agents, and other factors can be used to reduce weed germination, growth, competitive ability, reproduction, and dispersal. Special attention is given to the evolutionary challenges that weeds pose and the roles that farmers can play in the development of new weed management strategies.

Author: Matt Liebman,Charles L. Mohler,Charles P. Costa Staver
ISBN-10: 0521037875
ISBN-13: 9780521037877
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/09/2007
Pages: 548
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.11d