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 …

Implementation of integrated weed management (IWM) has been poor, with little evidence of
concomitant reductions in herbicide use. Non‐chemical methods are often adopted as a …

The discipline of weed science is at a critical juncture. Decades of efficient chemical weed
control have led to a rise in the number of herbicide-resistant weed populations, with few …

Weedy plants pose a major threat to food security, biodiversity, ecosystem services and
consequently to human health and wellbeing. However, many currently used weed …

Herbicides have been the principal means of weed control in developed countries for
approximately 50 yr because they are the most cost-effective method. Such general use of …

Crops worldwide are simultaneously affected by weeds, which reduce yield, and by climate
change, which can negatively or positively affect both crop and weed species. While the …

The efficacy of any pesticide is an exhaustible resource that can be depleted over time. For
decades, the dominant paradigm–that weed mobility is low relative to insect pests and …

In modern agriculture, with more emphasis on high input systems, weed problems are likely
to increase and become more complex. With heightened awareness of adverse effects of …

Weed management is a critically important activity on both agricultural and non‐agricultural
lands, but it is faced with a daunting set of challenges: environmental damage caused by …

More than 70 years after modern agriculture declared a 'war on weeds', they continue to
thrive and suppress crop yields. Viewing weeds as an enemy that can be defeated if only a …