Weed Management in Conservation Agriculture Systems
Dr Marie L C Bartz editor Professor Gottlieb Basch editor Mr John Geraghty editor Dr Seyed Vahid Eslami editor Dr Saidi Mkomwa editor Professor Sjoerd W Duiker editor Dr Emilio J González-Sanchez editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
Published:27th Jun '25
£155.00
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There remains considerable uncertainty surrounding the future of effective weed control in agriculture. 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 physical techniques such as allelopathy and thermal weed control. The book also assesses ways of optimising weed control in perennial, horticultural and other crops.
“Keys to successful cropland management are threefold: keep the soil there (covered against erosion); keep the nutrients in (for balanced crop nutrition); keep the weeds out! … The third one – keeping weeds out – can be the trickiest to manage, hence the huge relevance of this timely book. Drawing from international research and field experience, this important, well-illustrated book offers many useful pointers to progress in practice. With over 50 authors including participating farmers, the whole represents a powerful compilation of discussion with research findings and commercial field evidence.” (Agriculture for Development)
ISBN: 9781801467841
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360 pages