Agricultural systems in the EU have become more vulnerable and less sustainable due to an
overreliance on herbicides and the tremendous increase in herbicide-resistant weeds. The …

In this study we review the state of the art of different physiologically-based water-saving
irrigation strategies and methods used to improve productive water use efficiency (WUE …

Growing evidence suggests that conservation agricultural practices, like no‐till and cover
crops, help protect annual crops from insect pests by supporting populations of resident …

Vegetables are an essential part of people's daily diet, and weeds can cause serious losses
in vegetable yield and quality. Intelligent weeding technology for vegetables will be one of …

Ecological cultivation is a promising regime for medicinal plant production. For a long time,
unreasonable farming methods have threatened soil health and medicinal agriculture and …

Ambitious pesticide policies aiming to reduce pesticide applications and risks have been
introduced across Europe. Herbicides represent a major part of pesticide use, but the uptake …

Red imported fire ants dominate certain food webs in North America due to their omnivorous
and aggressive feeding behavior. Structural habitat complexity can mediate effects of …

Conservation agriculture practices such as eliminating tillage and planting high residue
cover crops are becoming increasingly important in field crop systems in the US Mid-Atlantic …

Cover crops are multifunctional tools that mitigate environmental impacts of agriculture,
enhance resilience to weather extremes and suppress weeds and arthropod pests. Cover …

Increasing plant diversity in agroecosystems is well‐known to strengthen natural pest
suppression, yet reliably predicting which non‐crop management practices best support …