Weed Biology, Ecological Problems and New Strategies for Weed Management and Control
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2024 | Viewed by 155
Special Issue Editors
Interests: integrated weed management; herbicide resistance; weed biology; weed ecology; conservation agriculture; herbicide efficacy and selectivity
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Interests: plant taxonomy; plant conservation; plant invasions; biodiversity and human activities; domestication and sustainable utilization of phytogenetic resources; neglected and underutilized plants
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Weeds encompass invasive alien and range-expanding native plant species that may occur across a vast range of cultivated settings, from urban and urbanized areas to croplands and agroecosystems, or in natural areas affected by human activities. Primarily, weeds are a serious threat to agricultural crops and cultivated lands. Herbicide resistance is an emerging issue imperiling the global food production system as the number of weed species with herbicide resistance increases alarmingly worldwide. Biological knowledge and an understanding of weed ecology are essential for the application of proper and effective weed monitoring and management, while new approaches and novel strategies for weed control are urgently required in this era of climate change. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Herbicide resistance evolution
- Herbicide resistance management
- Weed biology and ecology
- Alien plant invasions
- Range-expanding native plants
- Seed dormancy and germination
- Allelopathy/Phytotoxicity
- Precision herbicide application
- Bioherbicides
- Crop weed competition
- Species-specific, site-specific and time-specific weed-related case-studies and emerging patterns
- Weed diversity and abundance in temporal and spatial scales
- Weed diversity and abundance in different cropping systems
- Weed seed bank management
- New approaches of weed management
- Novel weed control tools
- Weed-related issues, problems, challenges, and perspectives
Dr. Thomas Gitsopoulos
Dr. Nikos Krigas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- population dynamics
- weed-crop interactions
- weed seedbank
- cover crops
- adaptive evolution
- integrated weed management
