Weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems / edited by Gottlieb Basch, Emilio J. González-Sánchez, John Geraghty, Seyed Vahid Eslami, Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Saidi Mkomwa, Marie Bartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Basch, Gottlieb.

Contributor:

González-Sanchez, Emilio J.

Geraghty, John.

Eslami, Seyed Vahid.

Duiker, Sjoerd W.

Mkomwa, Saidi.

Bartz, Marie.

Series:

Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, 2059-6944 ; 160

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture.

Local Subjects:

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited : Imprint: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

There remains considerable uncertainty surrounding the future of effective weed control in agriculture. 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 physical techniques such as allelopathy and thermal weed control. The book also assesses ways of optimising weed control in perennial, horticultural and other crops.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title page

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1 Weed ecology in Conservation Agriculture systems: an overview

1 Introduction

2 Weed density and species shifts under Conservation Agriculture

3 Seedbank dynamics

4 Implications for ecological weed management

5 Conservation Agriculture techniques and weed management

6 Ecological mitigation of weed crop competition

7 Management of seedbank and soil nutrients

8 Conclusion

9 Where to look for further information

10 References

Chapter 2 Modeling weed population dynamics in Conservation Agriculture systems

2 Weed population dynamics

3 Modeling weed population dynamics

4 Integration of population dynamic models in decision support systems

5 Challenges in modeling population dynamics and summary

6 Conclusions

7 Where to look for further information

8 References

Part 1

Cultural, physical and chemical weed management techniques

Part 1 Cultural, physical and chemical weedmanagement techniques

Chapter 3 Cultural techniques to control weeds in Conservation Agriculture systems

Cultural techniques to control weeds in Conservation Agriculture systems

2 Cultural methods: occupation of space

3 Cultural methods: reduction of the presence of competing species

4 Organic agriculture

5 Case study

6 Conclusion and future trends

Chapter 4 Allelopathic weed control in Conservation Agriculture systems

2 Weeds in Conservation Agriculture systems.

3 The use of allelopathy in weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems: intercropping and crop rotation

4 The use of allelopathy in weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems: mulching and cover crops

5 The use of allelopathy in weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems: allelopathic water extracts

6 Case study: weed management in a Conservation Agriculture rice-wheat system

7 Improving the allelopathic potential of crops

Chapter 5 Thermal weed control in Conservation Agriculture

2 Thermal weed control: general aspects

3 Flame weeding

4 Electrical weed control

5 Hot water or steam used for weed control

6 Laser-based weed control

7 Conclusion

Chapter 6 Using herbicides in Conservation Agriculture systems: the state of the art

2 Herbicide use in Conservation Agriculture: an overview

3 Herbicide performance in Conservation Agriculture: effects of soil organic matter

4 Herbicide performance in Conservation Agriculture: effects of crop residues on herbicide interception and performance

5 Recent trends in Conservation Agriculture affecting herbicide use

6 Conclusion

7 References

Chapter 7 Advances in the reduction of herbicide use in Conservation Agriculture: French case studies

2 Transitioning from tillage-based systems to Conservation Agriculture while using herbicide to manage weeds

3 Effect of strategic tillage on weed, crop yield and economy

4 Multicriteria assessment of Conservation Agriculture

5 Transitioning to pesticide-free Conservation Agriculture: the CA-SYS platform

7 Acknowledgments

Part 2

Weed management in specific production systems.

Weed management in specific production systems

Part 2 Weed management in specific productionsystems

Chapter 8 Weed management in perennial Conservation Agriculture systems: optimising use of groundcover

2 Conservation Agriculture in perennial crops: growing green strips

3 Types of groundcover in perennial CA systems

4 Weed and groundcover control in perennial crops

5 Equipment for controlling weeds/groundcover

Chapter 9 Weed management in no-tillage vegetable cultivation: using the Sistema de Plantio Direto de Hortaliças to achieve an agroecologi

2 Promoting plant health: fundamentals

3 Planning for a transition to Sistema de Plantio Direto de Hortaliças cultivation

4 The role of green cover in Sistema de Plantio Direto de Hortaliças cultivation: using spontaneous plants ('weeds')

5 Case studies: management of spontaneous plants in the cultivation of Solanaceae and Fabaceae

6 Case studies: management of spontaneous plants in the cultivation of Brassicae and Cucurbits

7 Case studies: management of spontaneous plants in the cultivation of leafy vegetables and Liliaceae (

L.)

8 Case studies: management of spontaneous plants in cassava (

and arracacha or Peruvian carrot (

Bancroft) cultivation

9 Conclusion

10 Acknowledgements

11 References

Chapter 10 Weed management in organic Conservation Agriculture systems

2 Organic conservation vs regenerative agriculture

3 Weed management in organic conservation and regenerative systems: problems and toolbox

4 Cover crops and dead mulches

5 Intercropping and living mulches

6 Opportunities, challenges and future perspectives

8 Acknowledgements

10 References.

Chapter 11 Weed management in Conservation Agriculture-based production of annual crops

2 The evolution of a holistic approach to soil management

3 Cover crops and weed control in Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems: mechanisms of action

4 CA-based weed management practices for annual crops

5 Conclusion

6 Where to look for further information

Chapter 12 Weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems: farmers' testimonies

2 Farmer experiences of weed management under Conservation Agriculture systems: Denmark (Søren Ilsøe)

3 Farmer experiences of weed management under Conservation Agriculture systems: Spain (Miguel Barnuevo-Rocko)

4 Farmer's experiences of weed management under Conservation Agriculture systems: Brazil (Anderson Schmitz and Marcello Zanella)

5 Farmer's experiences of weed management under Conservation Agriculture systems: Brazil (Luiz Antônio Pradella and Valmor dos S

6 Farmer experiences of weed management under CA systems: Brazil (Benjamin Dias Osorio Filho)

7 Farmer experiences of weed management under CA systems: Canada (Corey Loessin)

8 Conclusions and the future of weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems

9 Acknowledgements

Index.

ISBN:

1-80146-786-2

1-80146-785-4

OCLC:

1527535876