Edited by Paul E. Hatcher and Robert J. Froud-Williams
University of Reading, Reading, UK
This edition first published 2017
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Names: Hatcher, Paul (Paul E.), editor. | Froud‐Williams, R. J., editor.
Title: Weed research : expanding horizons / edited by Paul E. Hatcher and Robert J. Froud‐Williams.
Description: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017007880 (print) | LCCN 2017008976 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119969143 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119380603 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119380597 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Weeds–Research.
Classification: LCC SB611.3 .W443 2017 (print) | LCC SB611.3 (ebook) | DDC 632/.5072–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017007880
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Paolo Bàrberi
Institute of Life Sciences
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Pisa
Italy
Lammert Bastiaans
Crop and Weed Ecology
Centre for Crop Systems Analysis
Wageningen University
Wageningen
The Netherlands
Christian Bohren
Herbology in Field Crops and Viticulture
Agroscope
Changins
Switzerland
Henri Darmency
Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
Agroécologie
Dijon
France
Adam S. Davis
Global Change and Photosynthesis Research Unit
US Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service
Urbana
Illinois
USA
Hanan Eizenberg
Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research
Newe Ya’ar Research Center
Agricultural Research Organization (ARO)
Ramat Yishay
Israel
Robert J. Froud‐Williams
University of Reading
Reading
UK
Eric R. Gallandt
School of Food and Agriculture
University of Maine
Orono
Maine
USA
Bärbel Gerowitt
Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Crop Health
University of Rostock
Rostock
Germany
Jose Luis Gonzalez‐Andujar
Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (CSIC)
Cordoba
Spain
Paul E. Hatcher
School of Biological Sciences
University of Reading
Reading
UK
Laila M. Karlsson
IFM Biology
Linköping University
Linköping and Department of Crop Production Ecology
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Uppsala
Sweden
Hansjörg Krähmer
Bayer Crop Science AG
Frankfurt
Germany
Per Kudsk
Department of Agroecology
Aarhus University
Slagelse
Denmark
Matt Liebman
Department of Agronomy
Iowa State University
Ames
Iowa
USA
Bo Melander
Department of Agroecology
Aarhus University
Slagelse
Denmark
Anna‐Camilla Moonen
Institute of Life Sciences
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Pisa
Italy
Stephen Moss
Department of Agroecology
Rothamsted Research
Harpenden
Hertfordshire
UK
Euro Pannacci
Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences
University of Perugia
Perugia
Italy
Alejandro Pérez‐de‐Luque
IFAPA
Centro Alameda del Obispo
Área de Mejora y Biotecnología
Córdoba
Spain
Sandrine Petit
Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
Agroécologie
Dijon
France
Jesper Rasmussen
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
University of Copenhagen
Taastrup
Denmark
Richard H. Shaw
CABI UK
Egham
Surrey
UK
Jonathan Storkey
Department of Agroecology
Rothamsted Research
Harpenden
Hertfordshire
UK
Francesco Tei
Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences
University of Perugia
Perugia
Italy
Kirsten S. Tørresen
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO)
Ås
Norway
Francesco Vidotto
Department of Agriculture, Forest and Food Sciences
University of Torino
Grugliasco
Italy
Maurizio Vurro
Institute of Sciences of Food Production
National Research Council (CNR)
Bari
Italy
Rommie van der Weide
Department of Applied Plant Research
Wageningen University and Research Centre
Lelystad
The Netherlands
Paula Westerman
Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Crop Health
University of Rostock
Rostock
Germany
Weed science is a very broad discipline, encompassing not only many aspects of pure and applied biology but also areas as diverse as agricultural economics, precision engineering, spray systems technology and plant taxonomy. This is due in part to the evolution of the subject, from one with an original overriding concern with pragmatic weed control to one having a greater understanding of weeds and their ecology, including interactions with other organisms. For many years the working groups of the European Weed Research Society (EWRS) have enabled weed scientists to keep up‐to‐date in their areas of weed research, and through regular workshops and conferences to meet other scientists working in their fields. In this book, the leaders of the current EWRS working groups have described the state‐of the‐art and future prospects in their areas. After an introduction which puts recent developments in weed research and the EWRS into context, there are chapters on mapping and describing weed populations, weed seed biology, modelling weed effects on the crop and the effects of weeds on biodiversity. Other chapters deal with particular types of weeds, such as parasitic weeds, perennial weeds and invasive weeds, and a chapter describes the special case of weed management in vegetables. Further chapters are concerned with weed management systems, including optimising herbicide use and the problems of herbicide resistance, the use of non‐chemical weed management and biological control of weeds. Although by necessity the chapters have a broadly European focus, the areas covered and future prospects have a world‐wide relevance.
We hope that this book will bridge the gap between one‐volume weed science textbooks and specialist reviews in scientific journals and will prove useful to higher‐level students, those starting their academic career in weed science and academics in related areas.