Advances in weed management strategies

Abstract Weed problems are currently solved by using inputs such as herbicides and soil tilling and by improving our knowledge of the ecophysiological process governing weed infestations and their competitive outcome on crop yield. In this paper, we review three different approaches for studying weed population dynamics (demographic, mechanistic and long-term studies) and discuss some of the advances in weed management strategies deriving from them. We present encouraging examples of successful strategies designed from population studies in annual and perennial weeds, as well as some ideas of how we should expand our knowledge base to achieve sustainable weed management strategies.

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