Overview

Technology is rapidly advancing in all areas of society, including agriculture. In both conventional and organic systems, there is a need to apply technology beyond our current approach to improve the efficiency and economics of management. Weeds, in particular, have been part of cropping systems for centuries often being ranked as the number one production cost. Now, public demand for a sustainably grown product has created economic incentives for producers to improve their practices, yet the development of advanced weed control tools beyond biotech has lagged behind. An opportunity has been created for engineers and weed scientists to pool their knowledge and work together to ‘fill the gap’ in managing weeds in crops. Never before has there been such pressure to produce more with less in order to sustain our economies and environments. This book is the first to provide a radically new approach to weed management that could change cropping systems both now and in the future.

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Author:   Stephen L. Young ,  Francis J. Pierce
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   4.277kg
ISBN:  

9789402402575

ISBN 10:   9402402578
Pages:   265
Publication Date:   17 September 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Forward; Simon Blackmore.- Preface; Stephen L. Young.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction: Scope of the Problem – Rising Costs and Demand for Environmental.- Safety for Weed Control; Stephen L. Young, Francis J. Pierce, and Pete Nowak.- Part I Agricultural Production Systems.- Current State of Organic and Conventional Cropping Systems; Alec F. McErlich and Rick A. Boydston.- Part II Principles and Merging of Engineering and Weed Science.- Engineering Advancements; John K. Schueller.- Plant Morphology and the Critical Period of Weed Control; J. Anita Dille.- The Biological Engineer: Sensing the Difference between Crops and Weeds; David C. Slaughter.- Part III Primary Weed Control Tools for Automation.- Precision Planting and Crop Thinning; Scott A. Shearer and Santosh K. Pitla.- Automated Mechanical Weeding; M. Taufik Ahmad, Lie Tang, and Brian L. Steward.- Targeted and Micro-Dose Chemical Applications; Stephen L. Young and D. Ken Giles.- Part IV Field Applications.- Field Applications of Automated Weed Control: Western Hemisphere; Steven A. Fennimore, Bradley D. Hanson, Lynn M. Sosnoskie, Jayesh B. Samtani, Avishek Datta, Stevan Z. Knezevic, and Mark C. Siemens.- Field Applications of Automated Weed Control: Northwest Europe; Jan Willem Hofstee and Ard T. Nieuwenhuizen.- Field Applications of Automated Weed Control: Asia; Hiroshi Okamoto, Yumiko Suzuki, and Noboru Noguchi.- Part V Economies for Automated Weed Control.- Economics of Technology for Precision Weed Control in Conventional and Organic Systems; Florian Diekmann and Marvin T. Batte.- Future Adoption of Automation in Weed Control; Josse De Baerdemaeker.- Automation for Weed Control in Least Developing Countries (LDCs); Renan Aguero, Noel M. Estwick, and Edgar Gutierrez.- Part VI Future Directions.- Future Directions for Automated Weed Management inPrecision Agriculture; Stephen L. Young, George E. Meyer, Wayne Woldt.- Appendix.- Glossary.- Index.

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