Weed Management : Principles and Practices
Contents: Preface. Foreword. Acknowledgements. 1. Weed. 2. Weed Management. 3. Integrated Weed Management. 4. Absorption and Translocation Herbicides. 5. Herbicide Selectivity. 6. Herbicide-Resistant Crops. 7. Management of Weedy Rice. 8. Weed Management in Crops. 9. Management of Problematic Weeds. 10. Terminology.
From the Preface: Plants are very valuable assets of man without which he could not have survived on earth, but some unwanted and undesirable plants interfere with the utilization of land and water resources and adversely affect the human welfare. The concept of a weed is very subjective. A Plant may be a weed to one person and a useful plant to another or a weed in one place but nor in another season.
From the Preface: Plants are very valuable assets of man without which he could not have survived on earth, but some unwanted and undesirable plants interfere with the utilization of land and water resources and adversely affect the human welfare. The concept of a weed is very subjective. A Plant may be a weed to one person and a useful plant to another or a weed in one place but nor in another season.
