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Weeds on pavements and their control [PDF]
Julius-Kühn-Archiv, 2012 Extensive vegetation surveys on pavements have been conducted in the city of Braunschweig from 2005 to 2007 as part of the EU project CleanRegion. The survey was conducted at 165 plots situated in residential and industrial zones as well as in parks and ...
Verschwele, Arnd
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Electrical weed control and its effect on soil organisms
Julius-Kühn-Archiv, 2022 The focus of the public demand for sustainable and resource-conserving agriculture is the reduction of herbicide use. However, successful weed control is essential to ensure crop yield and quality.
Löbmann, Anja +4 more
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Water retention and s index of an oxisol subjected to weed control methods in a coffee crop
Ciência e Agrotecnologia, 2014 Weed control in different crops affects the chemical, physical, and biological properties of the soil and consequently its structural quality. The objective of this study was to evaluate, using water retention characteristics and the S index, the ...
Raphael Henrique da Silva Siqueira +4 more
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Unattended Electric Weeder (UEW): A Novel Approach to Control Floor Weeds in Orchard Nurseries
Agronomy, 2023 This study developed an unattended electric weeder (UEW) to control floor weeds in an orchard greenhouse. The UEW was a motor-driven dolly equipped with a spark exposer.
Yoshinori Matsuda +2 more
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Julius-Kühn-Archiv, 2020 Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) is an invasive annual plant with highly allergenic pollen. Its spread often occurs along roadsides, where it builds stable and rapidly growing populations. The most sustainable way of controlling the species is
Urban, Bernhard +4 more
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EFFECT OF SETTING THE PARAMETERS OF FLAME WEEDER ON WEED CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS [PDF]
Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2013 Unconventional ways of growing plants, when we return to non-chemical methods of controlling weeds, require new weed control methods. One of the few physical methods, which found wider application in practice, is a flame weeder with heat burners based on
Miroslav Mojžiš , František Varga
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Hand weeding tools in vegetable production systems: an agronomic, ergonomic and economic evaluation
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2022 Hand weeding is a common method of weed control on vegetable farms, especially in developing countries. It requires considerable physical labour and is a significant economic burden, yet comparative studies on hand weeding tools are rare.
Sita Tiwari +7 more
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Weed control methods effect on the hydraulic attributes of a Latosol
Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy, 2017 Weed management plays a key role in the minimization of soil physical degradation processes such as compaction and hydric erosion. Different weed control managements can induce distinct changes in soil structure.
Luiz Fernando Pires +4 more
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Low Energy Laser Treatments Control Annual Ryegrass (Lolium rigidum)
Frontiers in Agronomy, 2021 Increasing concern for the ongoing availability and efficacy of herbicides is driving interest in the development of alternative physical and thermal weed control methods.
Guy Coleman +4 more
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Agricultural and Food Science, 2022 Spring-tine harrowing is a common physical weed control practice employed in organic cereal cropping. The effects of harrowing treatments on weeds and crop yield were studied in a field experiment of organically grown spring cereals during 2018–2020 ...
Jukka Salonen +3 more
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