The aim of this book is to educate the readers regarding the various techniques of weed control with the help of extensive information. Agricultural managers have been facing the problem of crop loss because of weeds ever since the first farming systems were developed. Over the course of the last century, significant progress has been made in order to minimize weed intrusion in crop settings with the help of efficient yet mostly non-sustainable weed control methodologies. With the commercial introduction of herbicides in the mid 1900's, developments in chemical weed control strategies have...

Extensive information regarding the topic of weed and pest control has been elucidated in this book. The book elucidates different insect control techniques, like tactics in integrated pest management of opportunistic generalist insect species, insect pest control by polyculture technique, the allelopathy phenomenon, application of numerous integrated pest management programs, carbon stocks to manage weeds, biological control of root pathogens, and soil physical procedures and irrigation tactics.