Modern Weed Control / Alden S. Crafts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crafts, Alden S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weeds--Control.

Weeds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (450 p.) : 1 frontisp.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [1975]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1975.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

1. Plants and Man

2. Reproduction and Spread of Weeds

3. Cost of Weeds

4. Preventive Weed Control

5. Ecology of Weeds

6. Principles of Weed Control

7. The Role of Tillage in Weed Control

8. Biological Weed Control

9. Use of Chemicals in Weed Control

10. Properties and Functions of Herbicides

11. Properties and Functions of Herbicides* (Continued)

12. Properties and Functions of Herbicides* (Continued)

13. Combinations of Herbicides

14. Weed Control in Field Crops*

15. Vegetable Crops

16. Tree and Vine Crops, Ornamentals

17. Weed Control in Forest and Range

18. Weed Control in Irrigation and Drainage Ditches, Lakes, and Streams

19. Weed Control on Nonagricultural Areas

20. Equipment For Applying Herbicides

21. Weeds in Our Environment

Appendix

AUTHOR INDEX

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520317437

0520317432

OCLC:

1149440341