FAO PLANT PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION PAPER NO. 120 Add. 1

FAO PLANT PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION PAPER 120 Add. 1

Weed Management
for Developing Countries

Addendum 1

Edited by
R. Labrada

   
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2003
 
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ISBN 92-5-105019-8
ISSN 0259-2517

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Preface

List of Contributors

Chapter 1. Research and risk-assessment techniques for improved weed management

Protocols for weed seed bank determination in agro-ecosystems - Frank Forcella, Theodore Webster and John Cardina
Parameters for weed-crop competition - M. Sattin and A. Berti
Guidelines for weed-risk assessment in developing countries - Peter A. Williams

Chapter 2. Problem weeds and their management in crops and non-crop situations

African tulip tree in the Fijian Islands - Bruce A. Auld and Mereseini Nagatalevu-Seniloli
Progress on Rottboellia cochinchinensis management - Bernal E. Valverde
Characteristics and management of Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeuschel in smallholder farms in developing countries - David Chikoye
Weedy rice, biological features and control - A. Ferrero
Progress on management of parasitic weeds - Abuelgasim Elzein and Jürgen Kroschel
Weed management in vegetables - C. Zaragoza
Progress on water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) management - Maricela Martínez Jiménez

Chapter 3. Management Options and perspectives

Principles and practices of using cover crops in weed management systems - John. R. Teasdale
Preventive and cultural methods for weed management - Paolo Bàrberi
The importance of allelopathy in breeding new cultivars - Kil-Ung Kim and Dong-Hyun Shin
Soil solarization - Barakat Abu Irmaileh
Herbicide-resistance management in developing countries - Bernal E. Valverde
Benefits and risks of the use of herbicide-resistant crops - Kathrine Hauge Madsen & Jens Carl Streibig
Present trends in weed management - R. Labrada

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