Overview

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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Author:   Professor Gottlieb Basch (European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF) (Belgium)) ,  Dr Emilio J. González-Sanchez (University of Cordoba) ,  Mr John Geraghty (South East Technological University (Ireland)) ,  Dr Seyed Vahid Eslami (University of Birjand)
Publisher:   Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
ISBN:  

9781801467841

ISBN 10:   1801467846
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   24 June 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

1.Weed ecology in Conservation Agriculture systems: an overview: Seyed Vahid Eslami, University of Birjand, Iran; 2.Modelling weed dynamics in Conservation Agriculture systems: Jose Gonzalez-Andujar, CISC, Spain; Part 1 Cultural, physical and chemical weed management techniques 3.Cultural techniques to control weeds in Conservation Agriculture systems: Francisco Skora Neto, IAPAR, Brazil; 4.The use of allelopathy in weed control in Conservation Agriculture systems: Muhammad Farooq, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman; 5.Thermal weed control in Conservation Agriculture systems: Bernhard Streit, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland; 6.State-of-the-art of the use of herbicides in Conservation Agriculture systems: Per Kudsk, Aarhus University, Denmark; 7.Advances in the reduction of herbicide use in Conservation Agriculture systems: Stéphane Cordeau, INRAE, France; Part 2 Weed management in specific production systems 8.Weed management in perennial Conservation Agriculture systems: Emilio González-Sánchez, University of Cordoba, Spain; 9.Weed management in horticultural Conservation Agriculture systems: Marcelo Zanella, EPAGRI, Brazil; 10.Weed management in organic Conservation Agriculture systems: Paolo Barberi, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy; 11.Weed management in Conservation Agriculture-based integrated crop production systems: Ademir Calegari, IAPAR, Brazil; 12.Farmers’ testimonies on weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems: Gottlieb Basch, University of Evora, Portugal;

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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. González-Sánchez 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 Willem 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 Paraná, Brazil. She has published widely on earthworms and other aspects of soil biodiversity. Professor Per Kudsk is Head of the Crop Health Section in the Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University, Denmark. An internationally-known expert in integrated weed management, he is a former President of the European Weed Research Society. Professor Kudsk has played a leading role in EU research projects such as IWMPRAISE and the ENDURE Network as well as in the European Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO). Marco Zanella is currently a technical agent for higher education at the Agricultural Research and Rural Extension Company of Santa Catarina. He has worked as a rural extensionist since 2007. He has experience in the area of ​​Agronomy, working on sustainable rural development and plant and soil management techniques. Dr Paolo Bàrberi is Professor of Agronomy and Field Crops and Head of the Agroecology Group at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA), an internationally-renowned university in Pisa, Italy (ranked number 4 in the world among small universities, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings). Professor Bàrberi is a founding member and Vice-President of Agroecology Europe and has written over 330 publications on topics in sustainable agriculture, agrobiodiversity and agroecology.

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