The book presents discussions on:
- Biology and ecology of major troublesome weeds infesting rice, wheat, corn, soybean, focusing on different cropping patterns in both tropical and temperate cropping systems and science-based weed management practices involving chemical, non-chemical, biological, integrated methods.
- Herbicides used, with their most recent classification, identification of new target sites, mechanisms and modes of action and how and why weeds evolve resistance to herbicides.
- New concepts, new paradigms and new technologies to manage evolution of resistance to herbicides including weed genomics, bioherbicides and allelochemicals.
- Highly recommended for students, teachers, researchers, agronomists, horticulturists, crop physiologists, and crop protection specialists in tropical and temperate agricultural systems, particularly in areas where major tropical weeds are posing potential threats to temperate agricultural systems.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 Weeds: history, definition, classification, harmful and beneficial effects
Chapter 2 Weed biology: Weed growth, reproduction, nature of crop-weed competition
Chapter 3 Weed ecology: Weediness and adaptation
Chapter 4 Rice and Rice-Based Cropping Systems
Chapter 5 Mechanical, Cultural, Physical and Integrated Weed Management
Chapter 6 Chemical control: Principles of Herbicide Use
Chapter 7 Herbicides: Classification, uses, modes of action and target sites
Chapter 8 Herbicide-resistant weeds in rice: history, causes, management
Chapter 9 Biological control and use of bioherbicides
Chapter 10 Biology and management of some problem weeds
Chapter 11 Rice-Wheat and other Wheat-based Cropping Systems
Chapter 12 Corn-soybean and rice-corn-soybean cropping systems
Chapter 13 Weed science and weed management: current issues and future perspectives
Index
