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 allelopathy 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.
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Considers how weed management can be optimised in an array of different production systems, including perennial Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems and organic CA systems
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Provides a comprehensive overview of the recent research on the use of cultural and physical weed management techniques in CA systems, such as the use of allelopathy and thermal weed control
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Reviews the range of chemical and biological weed management techniques available to CA farmers, including the use of bioherbicides and other emerging methods of biological control
This collection provides a comprehensive overview of the recent research on ways to optimise weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems without reliance on herbicides such as glyphosate.
1.Weed ecology in Conservation Agriculture systems: an overview: Seyed
Vahid Eslami, University of Birjand, Iran; Carol C. Baskin and Jerry M.
Baskin, University of Kentucky, USA;
2.Modeling weed population dynamics in conservation agriculture systems: Jose
L. Gonzalez-Andujar, Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (CSIC), Spain; and
Cesar Fernandez-Quintanilla, Instituto de Ciencia Agrarias (CSIC), Spain;
Part 1 Cultural, physical and chemical weed management techniques
3.Cultural techniques to control weeds in Conservation Agriculture systems:
Francisco Skora Neto, No-till Brazilian Federation (FEBRAPDP)/formerly
Agronomic Institute of Parana (IAPAR), Brazil;
4.Allelopathic weed control in Conservation Agriculture systems: Omer Farooq
and Sami Ul-Allah, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan; Amar Matloob,
Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Pakistan; Mubshar Hussain,
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan; and Muhammad Farooq, Sultan Qaboos
University, Oman;
5.Thermal weed control in Conservation Agriculture: Bernhard Streit and
Martin V. Bauer, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland;
6.Using herbicides in Conservation Agriculture systems: the state of the art:
Per Kudsk, Aarhus University, Denmark;
7.Advances in the reduction of herbicide use in Conservation Agriculture:
French case studies: Stéphane Cordeau, Maé Guinet, Nicolas Munier-Jolain, and
Guillaume Adeux, Université de Bourgogne Europe, Institut Agro, INRAE,
Agroécologie, France; and Violaine Deytieux, INRAE, U2E, Unité Expérimentale
du domaine dEpoisses, France;
Part 2 Weed management in specific production systems
8.Weed management in perennial Conservation Agriculture systems: optimising
use of groundcover: Emilio J. Gonzalez-Sanchez, Universidad de Cordoba,
Spain; Julio Roman-Vazquez, European Conservation Agriculture Federation
(ECAF), Belgium; Oscar Veroz-Gonzalez, Asociación Espańola Agricultura de
Conservación Suelos Vivos, Spain; Rosa Carbonell-Bojollo, IFAPA Centro
Alameda del Obispo, Spain; Francisco Marquez-Garcia, Antonio M. Conde-Lopez
and Miguel A. Repullo-Ruiberriz de Torres, Universidad de Cordoba, Spain;
Manuel Moreno-Garcia and Rafaela Ordońez-Fernandez, IFAPA Centro Alameda del
Obispo, Spain; and Jesus A. Gil-Ribes, Universidad de Cordoba, Spain;
9.Weed management in no-tillage vegetable cultivation: using the Sistema de
Plantio Direto de Hortaliēas to achieve an agroecological transition: Marcelo
Zanella and Darlan Rodrigo Marchesi, Agricultural Research and Rural
Extension Company of Santa Catarina (EPAGRI), Brazil; Arcāngelo Loss and
Guilherme Wilbert Ferreira, Federal University of Santa Catarina State
(UFSC), Brazil; and Jamil Abdalla Fayad, Agricultural Research and Rural
Extension Senior, Brazil;
10.Weed management in organic Conservation Agriculture systems: Paolo
Bąrberi, Stefano Carlesi and Federico Leoni, Scuola Superiore SantAnna,
Italy;
11.Weed management in Conservation Agriculture-based production of annual
crops: AAdemir Calegari, Instituto Agronōmico do Paranį (IAPAR), Brazil;
Telmo Jorge Carneiro Amado, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil; Rolf
Derpsch, Consultant (formerly GTZ), Germany; Ray Archuleta, USDA-ARS, USA;
Martin Cubilla, FEPASIDAS, Paraguay; Frédéric Thomas, Farmer, France; Sergio
Argenteri, Farmer, Italy; Fabricio Krzyzaniak, Agronomist Consultant,
Paraguay; Kleso Silva Franco Junior, University CESEP, Brazil; Donizeti
Aparecido Fornarolli, Consultant, Brazil; Benedito Noedi Rodrigues, Instituto
Agronōmico do Paranį (IAPAR), Brazil; Ronaldo Hissayuki Hojo, Regional
Development Institute Paranį, Brazil; Ken Moriya, FEPASIDAS/Agriculture
Ministry, Paraguay; Cassio Egidio Cavenaghi Pretes, Londrina State
University, Brazil; and Danilo Rheinheimer dos Santos, Federal University of
Santa Maria, Brazil;
12.Weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems: farmers testimonies:
Gottlieb Basch, Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and
Development (MED) Universidade de Évora, Portugal; Sųren Ilsųe,
Knudstrupgaard Farm, Denmark; Miguel Barnuevo-Rocko, Finca Munibańez s/n
Chinchilla, Spain; Anderson Schmitz, Schmitz Family Farm, Brazil; Marcelo
Zanella, Agricultural Research and Rural Extension Company of Santa Catarina
(EPAGRI), Brazil; Benjamin Dias Osorio Filho, Chalé do Seival/State
University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Luiz Antōnio Pradella, Pradella
Group, Brazil; Valmor dos Santos, Inovaēćo Agrķcola, Brazil; Corey Loessin,
Aidra Farms Ltd, Canada; and Marie Luise Carolina Bartz, Federal University
of Santa Catarina, Brazil/University of Coimbra, Portugal;
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 J. Gonzįlez-Sįnchez 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 W. Duiker is Professor of Soil Management and Applied Soil Physics at Penn State University, USA. He has made significant contributions to both research and extension in developing more sustainable soil management practices in such areas as no-till systems, the use of cover crops, mulches and more diverse crop rotations. He is a member of the Governing Board of the Northeast Cover Crops Council which brings together universities, farmers, government agencies and others to optimise cover crop use in the north-eastern states of the USA. Professor Duiker is also a co-editor of the forthcoming Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing collection Weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems.
Dr 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 Paranį, Brazil. She has published widely on earthworms and other aspects of soil biodiversity.
