Non- Chemical Weed Managament ─ Principles, Concepts and Technology

Because of growing concern over the health and environmental effects of synthetic pesticide use, there is an increasing focus on natural approaches to the sustainability of food production systems. Upadhyaya (land and food systems, U. of British Columbia, Vancouver) and Blackshaw (Agri-Food Canada, Alberta) present this text/resource for weed science students and professionals as one that fills a gap in comprehensive treatment of non-chemical weed management. They introduce a dozen chapters by international scientists reviewing principles and findings on the latest preventive and treatment strategies including cultural practices such as crop rotation, and allelopathy (the use of cover crops that suppress weeds); other biological controls; non-living mulches; mechanical control; thermal control; and soil solarization. Distributed by Oxford U. Press. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)