Non-chemical weed control

by Chauhan, Bhagirath Singh Jabran, Khawar

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'Non-Chemical Weed Control' present an overview of plant crop protection against non-food plants using non-chemical means. Plants growing wild-particularly unwanted plants found in cultivated ground to the exclusion of the desired crop-have been treated with herbicides and chemical treatments in the past. As concern over environmental, food and consumer safety increases, research has turned to alternatives, including the use of cover crops, thermal treatments and biotechnology to reduce and eli…

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Title Statements

Full title :Non-chemical weed control / edited by Khawar Jabran, Bhagirath S. Chauhan.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2018

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Academic Press
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2018

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (ix, 161 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780128098820, 0128098821
oclc:on1017986338
LC Classification:SB611.5
Dewey Decimal:632.5

Overview and significance of non-chemical weed control -- Thermal weed control: history, mechanisms, and impacts -- The use of physics in weed control -- Weed control using ground cover systems -- Weed control through crop plant manipulations -- Agronomic weed control: a trustworthy approach for sustainable weed management -- Biological weed control -- Mechanical weed control.

Subjects

AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY ÉCOLOGIE AGRICOLE Mauvaises herbes -- Lutte biologique co… Mauvaises herbes -- Lutte contre Mauvaises herbes -- Lutte intégrée cont… TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture Weeds -- Biological control Weeds -- Control Weeds -- Integrated control