Weeds and weed management in India-A Review

AN Rao, BS Chauhan - 2015‏ - oar.icrisat.org
India has a wide range of agroclimates and soil types. The highly diverse agriculture and
fanning systems are beset with different types of weed problems. Weeds cause 10-80% crop …

The role of soil solarization in India: How an unnoticed practice could support pest control

HK Gill, IS Aujla, L De Bellis, A Luvisi - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017‏ - frontiersin.org
Plant protection represents one of the strategies to fill the yield gap and to achieve food
security, a key topic for India development. Analysis of climate risks for crops indicates that …

Weeds and the soil environment

M Liebman, CL Mohler - Ecological management of agricultural …, 2001‏ - books.google.com
One of the distinguishing characteristics of terrestrial plants is that they spend a significant
portion of their lives unable to travel farther than they can grow. As a consequence of the …

Soil solarization and sustainable agriculture

T D'Addabbo, V Miccolis, M Basile… - Sociology, organic farming …, 2010‏ - Springer
Pesticide treatments provide an effective control of soilborne pests in vegetable and fruit
crops, but their toxicity to animals and people and residual toxicity in plants and soil, and …

[HTML][HTML] Soil solarization for weed control in carrot

RA Marenco, DC Lustosa - Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2000‏ - SciELO Brasil
Soil solarization is a technique used for weed and plant disease control in regions with high
levels of solar radiation. The effect of solarization (0, 3, 6, and 9 weeks) upon weed …

An integrated system of summer solarization and fallow tillage for Cyperus esculentus and nematode management in the southeastern coastal plain

WC Johnson III, RF Davis, BG Mullinix Jr - Crop protection, 2007‏ - Elsevier
Solarization is a form of pest control using clear plastic mulch that allows sunlight to heat the
soil to temperatures lethal to plant pests. Fallow tillage is a proven practice to reduce …

An integrated approach for management of Cyperus rotundus (purple nutsedge) in soybean–wheat crop** system

M Kumar, TK Das, NT Yaduraju - Crop protection, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Cyperus rotundus L. can inflict high yield losses in soybean. There is lack of selective
herbicides worldwide as well as integrated approaches for controlling C. rotundus in …

Evaluating soil solarization for weed control and strawberry (Fragaria xananassa) yield in annual plasticulture production

JB Samtani, J Derr, MA Conway… - Weed Technology, 2017‏ - cambridge.org
Field studies were initiated in the 2013-14 and 2014-15 growing seasons to evaluate the
potential of soil solarization (SS) treatments for their efficacy on weed control and crop yields …

Effects of soil solarization on the weed control of vegetable crops and on the cauliflower and fennel production in the open field

E Campiglia, O Temperini, R Mancinelli… - … Symposium on Timing …, 1997‏ - actahort.org
Field experiments on soil solarization were carried out in 1994 and 1995 at the Fruit and
Vegetable Demonstrative Center of Arsial in Cerveteri (Central Italy). Black (BPE) and clear …

Weed management in vegetable and flower crop-based systems

MS Bhullar, T Kaur, S Kaur, R Yadav - 2015‏ - indianjournals.com
Vegetable and floricultural crops are major components of the horticultural industry in India.
Weed management is an important aspect in the successful production of these crops …