Handbook of Sustainable Weed Management

Innovative Strategies for Managing Weeds in an Environmentally Protective Manner Successfully meeting the challenge of providing weed control without relying on dangerous chemicals that endanger the ecosystem or human lives, this compendium focuses on management strategies that reduce herbicidal usage, restore ecological balance, and increase food production. It also provides new insights and approaches for weed scientists, agronomists, agriculturists, horticulturists, farmers, and extentionists, as well as teachers and students. In the Handbook of Sustainable Weed Management, experts from Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia organize in one resource information related to weeds and their management from different ecosystems around the world that has been until now been scattered throughout the literature.. The text captures the multifaceted impacts of and approaches to managing weeds from field, farm, landscape, regional, and global perspectives. Generously illustrated with tables and figures, this book not only describes the various techniques for weed management but shows you what methods work best in a given region, or in response to a specific, invasive weed or invaded crop. Covering the full scope of modern weed science the handbook examines different aspects of weed management, including— • Cultural practices • Cover crops • Crop rotation designs • Potential of herbicide resistant crops • Bioherbicides • Allelopathy • Microorganisms • Integrated weed management In spite of advancement in technologies and procedures, weeds continue to pose a major ecological and economical threat to agriculture. Handbook of Sustainable Weed Management takes a broad view of weeds as a part of an agricultural system composed of interacting production, environmental, biological, economic, and social components all working together to find balance. This comprehensive book is a vital addition to the debate over how global weed management is changing in the 21st century. Also available in soft cover

Weeds and Their Management: Rationale and Approaches, R.K. Kohli, D.R. Batish, and H.P. Singh Weed Management: A Basic Component of Modern Crop Production, R. Labrada Contributions to Weed Suppression from Cover Crops, M.L. Hoffman and E.E. Regnier  Utilizing Brassica Cover Crops for Weed Suppression in Annual Cropping Systems, R.A. Boydston and K. Al-Khatib Grass-Legume Mixed Cover Crops for Weed Management N.R. Burgos, R.E. Talbert, and Y.I. Kuk Rye As a Weed Management Tool in Vegetable Cropping Systems, J.B. Masiunas A Rotation Design That Aids Annual Weed Management in a Semiarid Region, R.L. Anderson Examining Tillage and Crop Rotation Effects on Weed Populations in the Canadian Prairies, R.E. Blackshaw, A.G. Thomas, D.A. Derksen, J.R. Moyer, P.R. Watson, A. Légère, and G.C. Turnbull Potential of Allelopathy and Allelochemicals for Weed Management, D.R. Batish, H.P. Singh, R.K. Kohli, and G.P. Dawra Progress in Developing Weed-Suppressive Rice Cultivars for the Southern United States, D.R. Gealy and K.A. Moldenhauer The Ecology of Weed Seed Predation in Herbaceous Crop Systems, F.D. Menalled, M. Liebman, and K.A. Renner Mowing for Weed Management, W.W. Donald Herbicide Fate Under Conservation Tillage, Cover Crop, and Edge-of-Field Management Practices, M.A. Locke, R.M. Zablotowicz, and M.A. Weaver Strategies for Developing Bioherbicides for Sustainable Weed Management, S.M. Boyetchko and E.N. Rosskopf Developing Microbial Weed Control Products: Commercial, Biological, and Technological Considerations, K.L. Bailey and E.K. Mupondwa Implementation of Weed Biocontrol in Forest Vegetation Management for Conifer Production, S.F. Shamoun Characterization of Phytotoxins from Phytopathogenic Fungi and Their Potential Use As Herbicides in Integrated Crop Management, A. Evidente and M.A. Abouzeid Applications of Soil and Rhizosphere Microorganisms in Sustainable Weed Management, R.J. Kremer Herbicide-Resistant Crops and Weed Management, K.N. Reddy and C.H. Koger Strategies for Managing Herbicide-Resistant Weeds, H.J. Beckie and G.S. Gill Recent Advances in Parasitic Weed Research: An Overview, J.R. Qasem Management of Weeds in Pasture Systems, B.M. Sindel Integrated Turfgrass Weed Management, R.S. Chandran Approaches to Integrated Weed Management, D.D. Buhler Learning Groups for Implementation of Integrated Weed Management: Principles and Practical Guidelines, N. Jordan, H. Niemi, S. Simmons, R. Becker, J. Gunsolus, and S. White Index Reference Notes Included