Biological insurance theory predicts that, in a variable environment, aggregate ecosystem
properties will vary less in more diverse communities because declines in the performance …

Sustainable strategies for managing weeds are critical to meeting agriculture's potential to
feed the world's population while conserving the ecosystems and biodiversity on which we …

Recent studies have revealed many potential benefits of increasing plant diversity in natural
ecosystems, as well as in agroecosystems and production forests. Plant diversity potentially …

Most efforts to improve agricultural production remain focused on practices driven by an
intensification agenda and not by an agroecological one. Agroecology transcends the …

Weed suppression is an important factor affecting crop yields. Precise identification of weed
species will contribute to automatic weeding by applying proper herbicides, hoeing position …

Over the past half-century, crop rotations have become increasingly simplified, with whole
regions producing only one or two crops in succession. Simplification is problematic from a …

Weeds are among the major constraints to any crop production system, reducing productivity
and profitability. Herbicides are among the most effective methods to control weeds, and …

Integrated weed management (IWM) can be defined as a holistic approach to weed
management that integrates different methods of weed control to provide the crop with an …

Tillage has been known to cause soil erosion and cost time and resources and this affects
productivity and inflates the cost of production. Therefore, over the past few years in many …

Invasive plant species both threaten native biodiversity and are economically costly,,,,, but
only a few naturalized species become pests,. Here we report broad, quantitative support for …