Pesticides are indispensable in agricultural production. They have been used by farmers to
control weeds and insects, and their remarkable increases in agricultural products have …

Climatic variability has been acquiring an extensive consideration due to its widespread
ability to impact food production and livelihoods. Climate change has the potential to …

The changing climate scenarios harshen the biotic stresses including boosting up the
population of insect/pest and disease, uplifting weed growth, declining soil beneficial …

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 …

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not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture …

Weeds are notorious yield reducers that are, in many situations, economically more harmful
than insects, fungi or other crop pests. Assessment of crop yield and economic losses due to …

Unprecedented rates of introduction and spread of non-native species pose burgeoning
challenges to biodiversity, natural resource management, regional economies, and human …

The complexity of environmental conditions encountered by plants in the field, or in nature,
is gradually increasing due to anthropogenic activities that promote global warming, climate …

Dryland agricultural system is under threat due to climate extremes and unsustainable
management. Understanding of climate change impact is important to design adaptation …

Meeting the nutritional needs of a dynamically developing global society is a major
challenge. Despite the modernisation of agriculture, huge losses in the quality and quantity …