Forward; Simon Blackmore
Preface; Stephen L. Young
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Scope of the Problem – Rising Costs and Demand for Environmental
Safety for Weed Control; Stephen L. Young, Francis J. Pierce, and Pete Nowak
Part I Agricultural Production Systems
Current State of Organic and Conventional Cropping Systems; Alec F. McErlich and Rick A. Boydston
Part II Principles and Merging of Engineering and Weed Science
Engineering Advancements; John K. Schueller
Plant Morphology and the Critical Period of Weed Control; J. Anita Dille
The Biological Engineer: Sensing the Difference between Crops and Weeds; David C. Slaughter
Part III Primary Weed Control Tools for Automation
Precision Planting and Crop Thinning; Scott A. Shearer and Santosh K. Pitla
Automated Mechanical Weeding; M. Taufik Ahmad, Lie Tang, and Brian L. Steward
Targeted and Micro-Dose Chemical Applications; Stephen L. Young and D. Ken Giles
Part IV Field Applications
Field Applications of Automated Weed Control: Western Hemisphere; Steven A. Fennimore, Bradley D. Hanson, Lynn M. Sosnoskie, Jayesh B. Samtani, Avishek Datta, Stevan Z. Knezevic, and Mark C. Siemens
Field Applications of Automated Weed Control: Northwest Europe; Jan Willem Hofstee and Ard T. Nieuwenhuizen
Field Applications of Automated Weed Control: Asia; Hiroshi Okamoto, Yumiko Suzuki, and Noboru Noguchi
Part V Economies for Automated Weed Control
Economics of Technology for Precision Weed Control in Conventional and Organic Systems; Florian Diekmann and Marvin T. Batte
Future Adoption of Automation in Weed Control; Josse De Baerdemaeker
Automation for Weed Control in Least Developing Countries (LDCs); Renan Aguero, Noel M. Estwick, and Edgar GutierrezPart VI Future Directions
Future Directions for Automated Weed Management in Precision Agriculture; Stephen L. Young, George E. Meyer, Wayne Woldt
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