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This book is a collection of chapters, concerning the developments within the Weed Biology and Control field of study. The book includes scholarly contributions by various authors pertinent to Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Each contribution comes as a separate chapter complete in itself but directly related to the book's topics and objectives. The target audience comprises scholars and specialists in the field.

Weeds. --- Weeds --- Control. --- Pest plants --- Weed plants --- Weedy plants --- Plant pests (Plants) --- Agricultural pests --- Botany, Economic --- Plants --- Crops --- Eradication of weeds --- Suppression, Weed --- Weed control --- Weed eradication --- Weed management --- Weed suppression --- Vegetation management --- Herbicides --- Eradication --- Management --- Food & beverage technology

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This book covers alternative insect control strategies, such as the allelopathy phenomenon, tactics in integrated pest management of opportunistic generalist insect species, biological control of root pathogens, insect pest control by polyculture strategy, application of several integrated pest management programs, irrigation tactics and soil physical processes, and carbon stocks to manage weeds.

Weeds --- Insect pests --- Pests --- Control. --- Chemical control of pests --- Control of pests --- Eradication of pests --- Extermination of pests --- Pest control --- Pest eradication --- Pest extermination --- Pest management --- Insect control --- Insects --- Crops --- Eradication of weeds --- Suppression, Weed --- Weed control --- Weed eradication --- Weed management --- Weed suppression --- Vegetation management --- Herbicides --- Chemical control --- Eradication --- Extermination --- Management --- Control

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Genetically uniform cultivars in many self-pollinated cereal crops dominate commercial production in high-input environments especially due to their high grain yields and wide geographical adaptation. These cultivars generally perform well under favorable and high-input farming systems but their optimal performance cannot be achieved on marginal/organic lands or without the use of external chemical inputs (fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides). Cereal breeding programs aim at evaluating candidate lines/cultivars for agronomic, disease and quality traits in a weed free environment that makes it impossible to identify traits conferring competitive ability against weeds. Moreover, quantification of competitive ability is a complex phenomenon which is affected by range of growth traits. Above (e.g. light) and below (e.g. water and nutrients) ground resources also influence competitiveness to a greater extent. Competitiveness is quantitatively inherited trait which is heavily influenced by many factors including genotype, management, environment and their interaction. Sound plant breeding techniques and good experimental designs are prerequisites for maximizing genetic gains to breed cultivars for organically managed lands. The brief is focused on breeding wheat for enhanced competitive ability along with other agronomic, genetic and molecular studies that have been undertaken to improve weed suppression, disease resistance and quality in organically managed lands. The examples from other cereals have also been highlighted to compare wheat with other cereal crops.

Wheat --- Weeds --- Organic farming. --- Breeding. --- Control. --- Ecological agriculture --- Organic crops --- Organic cultivation --- Organic production of crops --- Organiculture --- Regenerative agriculture --- Agriculture --- Crops --- Eradication of weeds --- Suppression, Weed --- Weed control --- Weed eradication --- Weed management --- Weed suppression --- Vegetation management --- Herbicides --- Eradication --- Management --- Organic agriculture --- Botany. --- Plant breeding. --- Plant physiology. --- Plant Sciences. --- Plant Breeding/Biotechnology. --- Plant Physiology. --- Botany --- Plants --- Physiology --- Breeding --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Biology --- Natural history --- Plant science. --- Floristic botany

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Weed scientists are confident of increasing production through agricultural technology, including herbicides, but do not must ask if the moral obligation to feed people is sufficient justification for the benefits and harms achieved. A continuing, rigorous examination of the science’s goals that leads to appropriate change is advocated. Weed scientists have a research consensus - a paradigm - Weeds must be controlled. Herbicides are the best control technology. Agriculture's practitoners should discuss the necessity and risks of their technology. Discussion must include scientific evidence and value-laden arguments.

Pesticides. --- Weeds -- Control. --- Weeds. --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Plant Sciences --- Agriculture - General --- Weeds --- Herbicides. --- Control. --- Herbicide --- Weed killers --- Weedicides --- Crops --- Eradication of weeds --- Suppression, Weed --- Weed control --- Weed eradication --- Weed management --- Weed suppression --- Pest plants --- Weed plants --- Weedy plants --- Plant pests (Plants) --- Eradication --- Management --- Life sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Life Sciences. --- Vegetation management --- Herbicides --- Agricultural pests --- Botany, Economic --- Plants --- Pesticides --- Control --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural

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Biological invasions are one of the major threats to our native biodiversity. The magnitude of biodiversity losses, land degradation and productivity losses of managed and natural ecosystems due to invasive species is enormous. The ecological and environmental aspects of non-native invasive plants are of great importance to (i) understand ecological principles involved in the management of invasives, (ii) design management strategies, (iii) find effective management solutions for some of the worst invaders, and (iv) frame policies and regulations. The objectives of this book are to discuss (i) ecological approaches needed to design effective management strategies, (ii) recent progress in management methods and tools, (iii) success and failure of management efforts for some of the worst invaders, and (iv) restoration and conservation of invaded land. In an effort to achieve these objectives, contributing authors have strived to provide up-to-date information on the management of non-native invasives. Chapters included in the book are peer-reviewed by international experts working in the area. Readers will get a unique perspective on ecological aspects of the management of invasives. The book will be useful to graduate students, researchers, managers and policy makers involved in the management of exotic invasives.

Applied ecology. --- Biodiversity. --- Endangered ecosystems. --- Landscape ecology. --- Noxious weeds. --- Weeds --- Invasive plants --- Plant Sciences --- Ecology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Agriculture --- Control --- Noxious weeds --- Control. --- Crops --- Eradication of weeds --- Suppression, Weed --- Weed control --- Weed eradication --- Weed management --- Weed suppression --- Harmful plants --- Invasive weeds --- Noxious plants --- Eradication --- Management --- Life sciences. --- Ecosystems. --- Plant ecology. --- Life Sciences. --- Applied Ecology. --- Plant Ecology. --- Landscape Ecology. --- Vegetation management --- Herbicides --- Threatened ecosystems --- Biotic communities --- Nature conservation --- Botany --- Plants --- Environmental protection --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Population biology --- Floristic ecology