Table of Contents

• About the Editors
  
• Contributors
  
• Preface and Acknowledgments
  
• Chapter 1. Weeds and Their Management: Rationale and Approaches (R. K. Kohli, Daizy R. Batish, and H. P. Singh)
  
• What Are Weeds?
  
• Why Are Weeds Successful?
  
• Impact of Weeds
  
• Weed Management
  
• Integrated Weed Management
  
• Herbicide-Resistant Crops: Benefits and Harms
  
• Herbicide Antidotes and Synergists
  
• Weed Management—Some Alternate Approaches
  
• Future Directions
  
• Chapter 2. Weed Management: A Basic Component of Modern Crop Production (Ricardo Labrada)
  
• Introduction
  
• Integrated Pest Management
  
• Components of Integrated Pest Management
  
• Control Strategies
  
• Economic Areas Affects by Weeds and Their Management
  
• Suggestions for Improved Weed Research Management
  
• Chapter 3. Contributions to Weed Suppression from Cover Crops (M. L. Hoffman and Emilie E. Regnier)
  
• Introduction
  
• Management Issues
  
• Evidence for Weed Suppression
  
• Weed Suppression Mechanisms
  
• Economics
  
• Conclusions
  
• Chapter 4. Utilizing Brassica Cover Crops for Weed Suppression in Annual Cropping Systems (Rick A. Boydston and Kassim Al-Khatib)
  
• Introduction
  
• Mechanisms of Weed Suppression with Brassica Cover Crops
  
• Integrating Brassica Cover Crops into Cropping Systems
  
• Conclusions
  
• Chapter 5. Grass-Legume Mixed Cover Crops for Weed Management (Nilda R. Burgos, Ronald E. Talbert, and Yong In Kuk)
  
• Introduction
  
• Benefits of Mixed Cover Crops
  
• Management of a Mixed Cover Crop
  
• Efficacy of Mixed Cover Crop for Weed Control
  
• Crop Yield Following Mixed Cover Crops
  
• Conclusions
  
• Chapter 6. Rye As a Weed Management Tool in Vegetable Cropping Systems (John B. Masiunas)
  
• Introduction
  
• The Advantages of Rye Cover Crops
  
• The Disadvantages of Rye Cover Crops
  
• Effects of Rye Cover Crops on Weed Populations
  
• Managing Rye Cover Crops
  
• Mechanisms Explaining Rye Effects on Weeds
  
• The Effects of Weed Control and Rye on Vegetables
  
• Methods to Make Rye a Feasible Weed Management Tactic
  
• Conclusions and Recommendations
  
• Chapter 7. A Rotation Design That Aids Annual Weed Management in a Semiarid Region (Randy L. Anderson)
  
• Crop Production in the Great Plains of the United States
  
• Impact of Rotation Design on Weed Dynamics
  
• A Rotation Design That Aids Weed Management
  
• Cultural Practices That Improve Crop Competitiveness
  
• Ecologically Based Weed Management in the Semiarid Great Plains
  
• Chapter 8. Examining Tillage and Crop Rotation Effects on Weed Populations in the Canadian Prairies (R. E. Blackshaw, A. G. Thomas, D. A. Derksen, J. R. Moyer, P. R. Watson, A. Légère, and G. C. Turnbull)
  
• Introduction
  
• Multisite Project
  
• Weed Community Associations
  
• Conclusions
  
• Chapter 9. Potential of Allelopathy and Allelochemicals for Weed Management (Daizy R. Batish, H. P. Singh, R. K. Kohli, and G. P. Dawra)
  
• Introduction
  
• Allelopathy, Allelochemicals: A Brief Background
  
• Allelopathic Interactions and Their Scope for Weed Management in Agroecosystems
  
• Cultural Practices, Allelopathic Crops, and Weed Management
  
• Screening of Cultivars with Greater Allelopathic Potential and Their Role in Crop Improvement
  
• Allelochemicals As Herbicides
  
• Potential of Allelopathic Interactions for Parasitic Weed Management
  
• Allelopathy and Management of Aquatic Weeds
  
• Conclusions
  
• Chapter 10. Progress in Developing Weed-Suppressive Rice Cultivars for the Southern United States (David R. Gealy and Karen A. Moldenhauer)
  
• Rice in the United States
  
• The Concept of Weed-Suppressive Rice
  
• Optimum Period for Maximum Weed Suppression
  
• Dynamics of Rice-Echinochloa Interference
  
• Red Rice
  
• Integrating Suppressive Cultivars with Reduced Herbicide Rates in Arkansas
  
• Rice Genetics and Crossing Considerations
  
• Rice Breeding Efforts in Arkansas and Some Potential Screening Methods
  
• Induced Mutation: An Alternative to Traditional Breeding Methods
  
• Quantitative Trait Loci and Marker-Assisted Selection As Breeding Tools
  
• Future Prospects
  
• Chapter 11. The Ecology of Weed Seed Predation in Herbaceous Crop Systems (Fabián D. Menalled, Matt Liebman, and Karen A. Renner)
  
• Introduction
  
• Overview of Key Concepts
  
• Weed Seed Predation in Herbaceous Crop Systems
  
• Impact of Seed Predation on Weed Population and Community Dynamics
  
• Herbaceous Crop Fields, Noncrop Habitats, and Weed Seed Predation
  
• How Can We Conserve Seed Predators in Agroecosystems?
  
• Conclusions and Directions for Future Studies
  
• Chapter 12. Mowing for Weed Management (William W. Donald)
  
• Introduction
  
• Reporting Mowing Practices in Weed Science
  
• Mower Equipment
  
• Preconditions for Mowing
  
• Goals of Mowing in Different Farming Systems
  
• Integrated Weed Management Systems Including Mowing in Combination with Other Weed Management Methods
  
• What Scientific Knowledge Is Needed to Better Use Mowing to Achieve Several Goals at Once?
  
• Justifications for Using Mowing in Integrated Weed Management
  
• Chapter 13. Herbicide Fate Under Conservation Tillage, Cover Crop, and Edge-of-Field Management Practices (Martin A. Locke, Robert M. Zablotowicz, and Mark A. Weaver)
  
• Introduction of Different Residue Management Systems
  
• Effects of Conservation Management Practices on Organic Matter, Microbiological Characteristics, and Soil Structure
  
• Herbicide Sorption and Movement in Conservation-Managed Systems
  
• Herbicide Degradation in Conservation-Managed Systems
  
• Herbicide Retention and Degradation in Plant Residues
  
• Conservation Edge-of-Field Practices and Herbicide Dissipation
  
• Chapter 14. Strategies for Developing Bioherbicides for Sustainable Weed Management (S. M. Boyetchko and E. N. Rosskopf)
  
• Introduction
  
• Selection of Biological Control Strategy
  
• Formulations and Spray Application
  
• Integration in Weed Management and Crop Production Systems
  
• Conclusions
  
• Nomenclature
  
• Chapter 15. Developing Microbial Weed Control Products: Commercial, Biological, and Technological Considerations (Karen L. Bailey and Edmund K. Mupondwa)
  
• Introduction
  
• Commercial Considerations
  
• Biological Considerations
  
• Technological Considerations
  
• Conclusions
  
• Chapter 16. Implementation of Weed Biocontrol in Forest Vegetation Management for Conifer Production (Simon F. Shamoun)
  
• Introduction
  
• Nature of Competing Forest Vegetation: “Forest Weeds”
  
• Methodology Used for Development of Fungal Plant Pathogens As Mycoherbicides for Forest Weeds
  
• History and Current Status of Research and Development of Mycoherbicides for Management of Forest Weeds
  
• Development and Commercialization of Mycoherbicide Products for Use in Forestry
  
• Constraints in the Development of Mycoherbicides for Management of Forest Weeds
  
• Conclusions and General Prospects
  
• Chapter 17. Characterization of Phytotoxins from Phytopathogenic Fungi and Their Potential Use As Herbicides in Integrated Crop Management (Antonio Evidente and Mohamed A. Abouzeid)
  
• Introduction
  
• Some Phytotoxins from Weed Pathogenic Fungi
  
• Ascochyta caulina Phytotoxins
  
• Chapter 18. Applications of Soil and Rhizosphere Microorganisms in Sustainable Weed Management (Robert J. Kremer)
  
• Introduction
  
• Deleterious Rhizobacteria
  
• DRB in Integrated Weed Management
  
• Soil and Rhizosphere Bacteria in Sustainable Agriculture
  
• Conclusion
  
• Chapter 19. Herbicide-Resistant Crops and Weed Management (Krishna N. Reddy and Clifford H. Koger)
  
• Introduction
  
• Herbicide-Resistant Crops and Their Adoption
  
• Impact of HRCs on Weed Management
  
• Benefits and Risks of HRCs As Weed Management Tools
  
• Conclusions
  
• Chapter 20. Strategies for Managing Herbicide-Resistant Weeds (Hugh J. Beckie and Gurjeet S. Gill)
  
• Introduction
  
• Herbicide Strategies
  
• Nonherbicide Strategies
  
• Integrating Herbicide and Nonherbicide Strategies: Case Studies
  
• Conclusion
  
• Chapter 21. Recent Advances in Parasitic Weed Research: An Overview (Jamal R. Qasem)
  
• Parasitic Species: An Introduction
  
• Orobanche Species (Broomrapes)
  
• Cuscuta Species (Dodders)
  
• Viscum Species (Mistletoes)
  
• Loranthus Species (Mistletoes)
  
• Osyris Species
  
• Cistanche Species
  
• Cynomorium Species
  
• Conclusions
  
• Chapter 22. Management of Weeds in Pasture Systems (Brian M. Sindel)
  
• Introduction
  
• Impact of Pasture Weeds
  
• Why Are There Weeds in Pastures?
  
• Strategies for Control
  
• Integrated Management of Pasture Weeds
  
• Conclusions
  
• Chapter 23. Integrated Turfgrass Weed Management (Rakesh S. Chandran)
  
• Introduction
  
• Identification and Threshold Levels
  
• Cultural Methods
  
• Mechanical Methods
  
• Biological Methods
  
• Chemical Methods
  
• Conclusions
  
• Chapter 24. Approaches to Integrated Weed Management (Douglas D. Buhler)
  
• Introduction
  
• Weed Management
  
• Weed Control Science and Principles of Weed Population Dynamics
  
• Approaches to Developing Integrated Weed Management Systems
  
• Conclusion
  
• Chapter 25. Learning Groups for Implementation of Integrated Weed Management: Principles and Practical Guidelines (N. Jordan, H. Niemi, S. Simmons, R. Becker, J. Gunsolus, and S. White)
  
• Introduction
  
• Approaches for Developing Site-Specific IWM
  
• A Conceptual Model of Coordinated Innovation in Support of IWM Implementation
  
• Results from Experimental IWM Learning Groups
  
• Recommendations for Professional Roles and Practices in IWM Learning Groups
  
• Conclusions
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included