Rice is one of the most important food crops in the world, and staple for more than half of the
global population. Looming water crisis, water-intensive nature of rice cultivation and …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a principal source of food for more than half of the world population,
especially in South and Southeast Asia and Latin America. Elsewhere, it represents a high …

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 …

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces multiple problems. The main one is improving the lives of
the 30% of its population that suffers from extreme poverty and food insecurity. As more than …

Weed seed banks reflect past weed populations and management practices and are the
source of weed infestations to come. The factors affecting weed seed germination, however …

Field experiments were conducted during the wet season of 2009 and dry season of 2010 to
determine the effects of row spacing and timing of weed control on weed growth and yield of …

In this paper, a new method to fuse low resolution multispectral and high resolution RGB
images is introduced, in order to detect Gramineae weed in rice fields with plants at 50 days …

Reducing crop row spacing and delaying time of weed emergence may provide crops a
competitive edge over weeds. Field experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of …

Weed competition is a major constraint in all the rice production systems in Africa. In addition
to the costs of weed control, weeds account for yield losses estimated to be at least 2.2 …

Despite decades of international research and development efforts focusing on increased
rice production in Africa, there is large yield gap, and the local production still needs to be …