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Weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems

Editors

Dr Gottlieb Basch is a Full Professor in the Department of Plant Science at the University of Évora, Portugal. He is President of the European Conservation Agriculture Federation and has contributed to a number of EIP AGRI Focus Groups, EU Horizon and other research projects on more sustainable methods of crop cultivation. Dr Emilio González-Sánchez is Associate Professor in the School for Agriculture and Forestry Engineering at the University of Cordoba, Spain. He is Secretary-General of the European Conservation Agriculture Federation, has coordinated several EU LIFE research projects and has been an international consultant on Conservation Agriculture for the FAO and World Bank. John Geraghty is a Lecturer at South East Technological University, Ireland. He has over 25 years’ research, development and consulting experience in soil and crop management, including working for the United Nations World Food Programme, with a particular focus on Conservation Agriculture techniques. Dr Seyed Vahid Eslami is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding at the University of Birjand, Iran. He has worked on crop/weed ecology as well as weed behaviour and management strategies for 20 years. He has published widely on crop-weed ecophysiological responses to abiotic stresses such as drought and salinity. Dr Sjoerd Willem Duiker is Professor of Soil Management and Applied Soil Physics at Penn State University, USA. He has helped to develop Conservation Agriculture systems in the United States and has made significant contributions to research in such areas as soil compaction, no-till systems, the use of cover crops and mulches. Saidi Mkomwa is Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the African Conservation Tillage Network with over 30 years‘ experience of developing and promoting Conservation Agriculture techniques in Africa. Amongst other responsibilities he is Chair of the Conservation Agriculture Regional Working Group for Southern Africa. He is based in Kenya. Dr Marie Bartz is a Researcher in the Centre of Functional Ecology at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. She is also a Visiting Professor at the Federal Technological University of Paraná, Brazil. She has published widely on earthworms and other aspects of soil biodiversity.

Dimensions:

229x152mm
6x9"

Publication date:

Q4 2024

Length of book:

400 pages

ISBN-13: 9781801467841

Hardback - £150.00
£150.00
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Description

There remains considerable uncertainty surrounding the future of effective weed control in agriculture, particularly due to the environmental impact of herbicides, as well as increasing levels of herbicide resistance. 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 biological techniques such as cover crop roller crimping, mechanical weeding and thermal weed control. The book also assesses ways of optimising weed control in perennial, horticultural and other crops.

With its detailed exploration of weed management in specific production systems, as well as the range of weed management techniques available, the book provides its readers with the means necessary to implement more sustainable methods of weed control that protect both yields and the environment.

Table of contents

  • 1.Weed ecology in Conservation Agriculture systems: an overview: Seyed Vahid Eslami, University of Birjand, Iran;
  • 2.Modelling weed dynamics in Conservation Agriculture systems: Jose Gonzalez-Andujar, CISC, Spain;

Part 1 Cultural and physical weed management techniques

  • 3.Cultural techniques to control weeds in Conservation Agriculture systems: Francisco Skora Neto, IAPAR, Brazil;
  • 4.The use of allelopathy in weed control in Conservation Agriculture systems: Muhammad Farooq, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman;
  • 5.Roller crimping of cover crops for weed suppression in Conservation Agriculture systems: Daniele Antichi, University of Pisa, Italy;
  • 6.Advances in mechanical weeding technologies for Conservation Agriculture conditions: Lou Shangyi, Tianjin University of Technology and Education, China;
  • 7.Thermal weed control in Conservation Agriculture systems: Bernhard Streit, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland;

Part 2 Chemical and biological weed management techniques

  • 8.State-of-the-art of the use of herbicides in Conservation Agriculture systems: Per Kudsk, Aarhus University, Denmark;
  • 9.Advances in the reduction of herbicide use in Conservation Agriculture systems: Stéphane Cordeau, INRAE, France;
  • 10.Biological control of weeds in Conservation Agriculture systems: Kofi Boa, Centre for No-Till Agriculture, Ghana;

Part 3 Weed management in specific production systems

  • 11.Weed management in perennial Conservation Agriculture systems: Emilio González-Sánchez, University of Cordoba, Spain;
  • 12.Weed management in horticultural Conservation Agriculture systems: Marcelo Zanella, EPAGRI, Brazil;
  • 13.Weed management in organic Conservation Agriculture systems: Paolo Barberi, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy;
  • 14.Weed management in Conservation Agriculture-based integrated crop production systems: Ademir Calegari, IAPAR, Brazil;

Part 4 Practitioners' views

  • 15.Farmers’ testimonies on weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems: Gottlieb Basch, University of Evora, Portugal;