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 …

Weeds are known to cause enormous losses due to their interference in agroecosystems.
Because of environmental and human health concerns, worldwide efforts are being made to …

Intercropping has been advocated as an environmentally benign method to suppress weeds
in agriculture. However, it is not evident from the literature what size of weed suppressive …

Humans the world over have depended on wild-growing plants in their diets for hundreds of
thousands of years, and many people continue to rely on these species to meet at least part …

Annual crop fields typically are simple habitats dominated by a few plant species where
pesticides play a major role in managing weed and insect infestations. Recently, there has …

Background To reduce financial barriers to access, and improve access to and use of skilled
maternal and newborn healthcare services, the government of Ghana, in 2003, implemented …

We review the effects of root and shoot competition on plant biomass by meta‐analysis of 38
published studies, each reporting on the factorial effects of root‐competition and shoot …

Important parameters that influence weed seeds' germination and seedlings' emergence
can also affect the efficacy of false seedbed as weed management practice. These …

The need to improve agricultural sustainability to secure yields, minimize environmental
impacts and buffer environmental change is widely recognized. Investment in conventional …

Because herbicide and cultivation efficacy is generally density independent, seedling
density following these weed control practices will be proportional to the density of …