Weed Management Handbook / Edition 9

by Robert E. L. Naylor

Overview

Weed Management Handbook updates the 8th edition of WeedControl Handbook (1990). The change in the title and contents ofthe book from previous editions reflects both the current emphasison producing crops in a sustainable and environmentally-friendlymanner, and the new weed management challenges presentingthemselves.

This landmark publication contains cutting edge chapters, eachwritten by acknowledged experts in their fields and carefully drawntogether and edited by Professor Robert Naylor, known and respectedworld-wide for his knowledge of the area. The sequence of chaptersincluded reflects a progression from the biology of weeds, throughthe underpinning science and technology relating to weed managementtechniques including herbicides and their application to crops,leading to principles of weed management techniques. Finally a setof relevant case studies describes the main management optionsavailable and addresses the challenges of reduced chemical optionsin many crops.

Weed Management Handbook is a vital tool for all thoseinvolved in the crop protection / agrochemical industry, includingbusiness managers, horticultural and agricultural scientists, plantphysiologists, botanists and those studying and teaching BASIScourses. As an important reference guide for undergraduate andpostgraduate students studying horticultural and agriculturalsciences, plant physiology, botany and crop protection, copies ofthe book should be available on the shelves of all researchestablishments and universities where these subjects are studiedand taught.

Weed Management Handbook is published for the BritishCrop Protection Council (BCPC) by Blackwell Publishing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780632057320
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	10/30/2002
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Professor Robert E.L. Naylor is a consultant in agriculture, environment and crop protection, based in Banchory, Ecotland, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction v

1 What is a Weed? 1
Robert E. L. Naylor and Peter J. Lutman

2 Weed Competition 16
R.J. Froud-Williams

3 What is the Weed Seed Bank? 39
Andrea C. Grundy and Naomi E. Jones

4 Weed Population Dynamics 63
Robert E. L. Naylor

5 Weeds and Biodiversity 75
E.J.P. Marshall

6 Herbicide Discovery 93
Leonard G. Copping

7 Herbicide Legislation and Regulation 114
D.J. Flynn

8 Herbicides: Modes of Action and Metabolism 134
John P.H. Reade and A. H. Cobb

9 Herbicide Formulation and Delivery 171
Duncan Webb

10 Methodology of Application 199
T.H. Robinson

11 Herbicide-Resistant Weeds 225
Stephen R. Moss

12 Herbicide-Tolerant Crops 253
Ralph C. Kirkwood

13 Non-chemical Weed Management 280
W. Bond

14 Integrated Weed Management 302
Robert E.L. Naylor and Caroline Drummond

15 Developing Decision-Support Systems to Improve Weed Management 311
James Clarke

16 Optimising Herbicide Performance 323
Per Kudsk

17 Biological Control of Weeds 345
M.P. Greaves

18 Weed Management Strategies for Winter Cereals 354
James Clarke

19 Weeds Control in other Arable and Field Vegetable Crops 359
C.M. Knott

20 Management of Aquatic Weeds 399
Jonathan R. Newman

21 Where is Weed Management Going? 415
Robert E.L. Naylor

Index 419