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The Prediction of Weed Infestations: Concepts and Approaches
Author(s) -
Mortimer A.M.,
Putwain P.D.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
eppo bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.327
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1365-2338
pISSN - 0250-8052
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2338.1984.tb02063.x
Subject(s) - repens , weed , agropyron , infestation , population , weed control , senecio , biology , resistance (ecology) , agronomy , ecology , demography , sociology
The role of studies on the population biology of weed species is examined and the utility of such studies in the design of weed management systems assessed. It is argued that the development of predictive models of the population behaviour of weed species is likely to be crucial to the critical evaluation of weed control programmes in the future. Illustrations are given of the dynamics of herbicide resistance in Senecio vulgaris and of the calculation of infestation rates of Agropyron repens under differing control managements.