Chapter 1
Ecologically Based Weed Management (Eb WM )
Enabling and Reinforcing the Approach
Eduardo S. Leguizamon,
Aritz Royo-Esnal,
Joel Torra,
Eduardo S. Leguizamon
Cajaraville, Rosario, República Argentina
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Department of Agricultural and Forest Science and Engineering, ETSEAFIV-Agrotecnio-CERCA Centre, Universitat de Lleida. Alcalde-Rovira Roure, Lleida, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorJoel Torra
Department of Agricultural and Forest Science and Engineering, ETSEAFIV-Agrotecnio-CERCA Centre, Universitat de Lleida. Alcalde-Rovira Roure, Lleida, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorEduardo S. Leguizamon,
Aritz Royo-Esnal,
Joel Torra,
Eduardo S. Leguizamon
Cajaraville, Rosario, República Argentina
Corresponding author
Search for more papers by this authorAritz Royo-Esnal
Department of Agricultural and Forest Science and Engineering, ETSEAFIV-Agrotecnio-CERCA Centre, Universitat de Lleida. Alcalde-Rovira Roure, Lleida, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorJoel Torra
Department of Agricultural and Forest Science and Engineering, ETSEAFIV-Agrotecnio-CERCA Centre, Universitat de Lleida. Alcalde-Rovira Roure, Lleida, Spain
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Ilias S. Travlos,
Thomas K. Gitsopoulos,
Nicholas E. Korres
Search for more papers by this authorIlias S. Travlos
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Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 06 December 2023
Abstract
Managing food production systems on a sustainable basis is one of the most critical challenges for the future of humanity. There is urgent need to create and use ecological knowledge translated into practical strategies of weed management. We then address for a reinforced and enlarged ecologically based weed management (EbWM) backed up by related disciplines and approaches: (i) systems approach; (ii) increased biodiversity in the system; (iii) inclusion of the spatial scale: from the field to the landscape; (iv) significant improvement in the objectives of crop breeding programs; (v) use of herbicides only based on dose-response technology; (vi) calculation of pesticide load in each field.
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