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Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for Education and Research in Weed Science

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017
In modern agriculture, with more emphasis on high input systems, weed problems are likely to increase and become more complex. With heightened awareness of adverse effects of herbicide residues on human health and environment and the evolution of ...
Bhagirath S. Chauhan, Amar Matloob, Amar Matloob, Gulshan Mahajan, Farhena Aslam, Singarayer K. Florentine, Prashant Jha   +6 more
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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini, Karan Sethi, Emanuela Granata, Ekaterina Mogilnaia, Valeria Vitangeli, Giovanni Zanfei, Chiara Fedrigotti, Paolo Biella, Dino Scaravelli, Luigi Marchesi, Péter Batáry, Diego Rubolini, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla   +13 more
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Landscape perspectives for agroecological weed management. A review [PDF]

Faced with the biodiversity extinction crisis and climate change, alternative approaches to food production are urgently needed. Decades of chemical-based weed control have resulted in a dramatic decline in weed diversity, with negative repercussions for
Alignier, A., Storkey, J., Boinot, S., Boinot, Sébastien, Storkey, Jonathan, Alignier, Audrey   +5 more
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Sustainable Approach to Weed Management: The Role of Precision Weed Management

In recent years, the precision agriculture sector has shown a noticeable preference for weed control methods that pertain to the specifics of individual site. Measuring weed densities in a field is crucial when deciding the management of a subfield.
openaire   +3 more sources

Does Stakeholder Pressure Promote Green Innovations and Performance of Agribusiness Companies?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The sustainability of agribusiness companies is guided by multiple, sometimes paradoxical, interests. Green innovation is strategic for sustainable development; however, literature shows inconsistencies regarding its impact on environmental and economic‐financial performance.
Vanderlei dos Santos, Ilse Maria Beuren, Adrian Odelli, Rodrigo Rengel, Daniele Cristina Bernd   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the development, environmental effects and human dimension of weed management strategies

, 2009
On the development, environmental effects and human dimension of weed management strategies. On farm weed management is influenced by many factors.
Riemens, M.M.
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Designing Cropping Systems to Improve the Management of the Invasive Weed Phalaris minor Retz.

, 2019
Because cropping systems can greatly affect the establishment and spread of alien species populations, the design of cropping systems to control invasive weeds is an important approach for invasive species management in agro-ecosystems to avoid excessive
David Roy Clements, Gaofeng Xu, Shicai Shen, Jun Li, Fudou Zhang, Shaosong Yang, Yuan Gao, Liyao Dong, Guimei Jin, Yun Zhang   +9 more
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Benefits and Limitations of Decision Support Systems (DSS) with a Special Emphasis on Weeds

, 2020
Decision support systems (DSS) have the potential to support farmers to make the right decisions in weed management. DSSs can select the appropriate herbicides for a given field and suggest the minimum dose rates for an herbicide application that can ...
Anastasia Tsekoura, Alexandros Tataridas, Ioannis Gazoulis, Nikolaos Antonopoulos, Panagiotis Kanatas, Ilias S. Travlos   +5 more
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The Tree of Life Synagogue Attack: A Terrorist Radicalization Assessment Protocol‐18 Examination of Pre‐Attack Warnings and Post‐Attack Contagion and Copycat Effects

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This is a retrospective case study of an antisemitic lone actor terrorist who completed the deadliest attack against the Jewish community in American history. The analysis through the lens of the Terrorist Radicalization Assessment Protocol (TRAP‐18) finds that 72% of the warning indicators were present, including four proximal warning ...
Molly Amman, Julia Kupper, J. Reid Meloy
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Sustainable alternatives to chemicals for weed control in the orchard - a Review

Horticultural Science, 2020
This review is designed to address various alternative weed-control practices and their possibilities in the fruit orchard in terms of sustainability. Correct weed management and maintenance of adequate orchard biodiversity are crucial for sustainable ...
Md Jebu Mia, Francesca Massetani, Giorgio Murri, Davide Neri   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source