A History of Weed Science in the United States

• Author : Robert L Zimdahl
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 04 February 2010

It is important that scientists think about and know their history - where they came from, what they have accomplished, and how these may affect the future. Weed scientists, similar to scientists in many technological disciplines, have not sought historical reflection. The technological world asks for results and for progress. Achievement is important not, in general, the road that leads to achievement. What was new yesterday is routine today, and what is described as revolutionary today may be considered antiquated

• Author : Robert L. Zimdahl
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 01 March 2010

• Author : Robert L Zimdahl
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release : 09 August 2013

This book addresses herbicides and their use as an important aspect of modern weed management and strives to place them in an ecological framework. Many weed scientists believe agriculture is a continuing struggle with weeds--without good weed control, good and profitable agriculture is impossible. Each agricultural discipline sees itself as central to agriculture's success and continued progress, and weed science is no exception. While not denying the importance of weed management to successful agriculture, this book places it in a

• Author : Robert L. Zimdahl
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 26 September 2011

Weed scientists are confident of increasing production through agricultural technology, including herbicides, but do not must ask if the moral obligation to feed people is sufficient justification for the benefits and harms achieved. A continuing, rigorous examination of the science’s goals that leads to appropriate change is advocated. Weed scientists have a research consensus - a paradigm - Weeds must be controlled. Herbicides are the best control technology. Agriculture's practitoners should discuss the necessity and risks of their technology.

• Author : Robert Zimdahl,Robert L. Zimdahl
• Publisher : Burleigh Dodds Series in Agric
• Release : 14 December 2017

Weeds remain a major obstacle to improved yields in agriculture. At the same time, established methods of control are being undermined by problems such as herbicide resistance. This major collection reviews key developments in integrated weed management (IWM) to manage weeds more sustainably.

• Author : Aurora M. Baltazar,Surajit K. De Datta
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 29 March 2023

The book presents discussions on: Biology and ecology of major troublesome weeds infesting rice, wheat, corn, soybean, focusing on different cropping patterns in both tropical and temperate cropping systems and science-based weed management practices involving chemical, non-chemical, biological, integrated methods. Herbicides used, with their most recent classification, identification of new target sites, mechanisms and modes of action and how and why weeds evolve resistance to herbicides. New concepts, new paradigms and new technologies to manage evolution of resistance to herbicides

• Author : Steven R. Radosevich,Jodie S. Holt,Claudio Ghersa
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 05 February 1997

Weeds are successful plants, but on their own terms. Looking at weeds from an ecological viewpoint, emphasising the way in which one species interacts with others, the authors show that weeds are questionable mainly in that they are out-of-place.

• Author : Alan K. Watson
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 03 June 1993

The Handbook is composed of three sections. The first section is a general overview of biological weed control with reference to the history, the fundamentals, and the methodologies of biological weed control. The second section is an alphabetical listing by scientific name of weed species with their respective biological control agents. The third section lists the bioherbicide products that have been registered in the United States or Canada.

• Author : Robert L Zimdahl
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release : 23 July 2015

Six Chemicals That Changed Agriculture is a scientific look at how the chemicals used in today's food production were developed, evaluated, and came to be in wide-spread use. From fertilizers to pest management, antibiotics to DNA, chemicals have transformed the way our food is grown, protected, and processed. Agriculture is the world's most important environment interaction, the essential human activity, and an increasingly controversial activity because of its use and presumed misuse of chemistry. The major characteristics of US agriculture

• Author : Thomas James Muzik
• Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
• Release : 03 June 1969

• Author : Albert E. Smith
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 22 November 2017

This work provides the fundamental information necessary for the development of weed management strategies for all the major US crops using concepts that can be applied worldwide. Weed management systems are provided for cotton, peanut, soybean, wheat, barley, oat, sorghum, rice, fruits, nut crops, and more. The dynamics involved in creating the best management approaches for specific types of crops are explained.

• Author : William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi
• Publisher : Soyinfo Center
• Release : 14 September 2019

The world's most comprehensive, well documented and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive subject and geographical index. 224 photographs and illustrations - mostly color. Free of charge in digital PDF format on Google Books.

• Author : Paul E. Hatcher,Robert J. Froud-Williams
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 24 May 2017

This book presents the most up-to-date and comprehensive guide to the current and potential future state of weed science and research. Weeds have a huge effect on the world by reducing crop yield and quality, delaying or interfering with harvesting, interfering with animal feeding (including poisoning), reducing animal health and preventing water flow. They are common across the world and cost billions of dollars’ worth of crop losses year on year, as well as billions of dollars in the annual

• Author : Garry Rogers
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 14 October 2020

In their rapid colonization of soil exposed by fires, floods, and grazing animals, weeds resemble the human specialists we label Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs). Weeds are the first responders when disasters occur in nature. They occupy bare soil and prevent erosion by wind and water. In extreme cases such as a landslide, weeds are essential to the healing processes that replace the lost soil. Like a Band-Aid on a skinned knee, weeds protect the land while it recovers. Besides protecting

• Author : Vijay K. Nandula
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 28 December 2010

New technologies are becoming available for managing glyphosate resistant (GR) weeds and reducing their spread. GR crop technology has revolutionized crop production in the developed world and the benefits are gradually spilling over to the developing world. In order to sustain an effective, environmentally safe herbicide such as glyphosate and the GR crop technology well in to the future, it is imperative that the issue of GR weeds be comprehensively understood. This book provides such an essential, up-to-date source of