Weeds Management in Sustainable Agriculture System
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 100
Special Issue Editors
Interests: weed science; weed control; integrated weed management; herbicide resistance; integrated pest management
Interests: weed science; herbicide resistance; integrated weed management; molecular biology; mechanism of resistance; weed control
Interests: pedo-amelioration and soil erosion control studies; analysis of variance (ANOVA); anti-erosion systems; carbon sequestration
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable crop production is necessary in order to ensure global food security and environmental safety. Weed management faces many challenges, including herbicide resistance, invasive species, climate change, and various non-chemical control methods. In order to tackle these challenges, weed management must evolve to embrace a more holistic approach to achieving sustainability in agricultural systems, and develop a range of strategies that focus on minimizing reliance on herbicides. These approaches include crop rotation, cover crops, mulching, mechanical weed control, integrated weed management, targeted herbicide application, and weed seed management. Sustainable weed management requires a combination of these methods in order to diminish the pressure of weeds, maintain soil health, and optimize crop yields, thus ensuring the long-term sustainability of agricultural systems.
This Special Issue aims to collect original articles and reviews that report upon the advantages of adopting sustainable weed management in agricultural systems. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following: harvest weed seed control; cover crops; crop rotation; non-chemical methods of weed management; integrated weed management; allelopathy, bioherbicides, robotic weeding, or intercropping
Dr. Amar Singh Godar
Dr. Leonard Piveta
Prof. Dr. Teodor Rusu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- harvest weed seed control (HWSC)
- cover crops
- crop rotation
- non-chemical methods of weed management
- integrated weed management
- allelopathy
- bioherbicides
- robotic weeding
- intercropping
