Cover crop (CC) cultivation can improve crop yield, soil and environmental quality. Cover
crops are multifunctional and contribute to soil quality by improving soil physical, chemical …

The intensive use of synthetic herbicides is questioned for many reasons. Bioherbicides, as
integrated weed management tools, however, have the potential to offer a number of …

In the context of a shift towards pesticide reduction in arable farming, weed management
remains a challenging issue. Integrated Weed Management currently recommends …

Cover crop** plays a key role in the maintenance of arable soil health and the
enhancement of agroecosystem services. However, our understanding of how cover crop …

Multiple anthropogenic challenges threaten nature's contributions to human well-being.
Agricultural expansion and conventional intensification are degrading biodiversity and …

Integrating principles of ecological intensification into weed management strategies requires
an understanding of the many relationships among weeds, crops and other organisms of …

Crop diversification, both in time and in space, is essential for agroecological pest
management. Process-based weed dynamics models are valuable tools to investigate this …

Background Modern biotechnology is one of the last century's major advances in human
science. Particularly in the agronomical field, the landscape of crop improvement …

Conservation agriculture (CA) relies on three fundamental pillars [1, 2]: crop species
diversification (in time and space such as crop rotation and crop association, respectively; at …

Cover crop (CC) mixtures appear as a promising agroecological tool for weed management.
Although CC supress weed growth by competing for resources, their suppressive effect …