The increasing importance of herbicides in worldwide crop production

LP Gianessi - Pest management science, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Herbicide use is increasingly being adopted around the world. Many developing countries
(India, China, Bangladesh) are facing shortages of workers to hand weed fields as millions …

Biochar application to soil: agronomic and environmental benefits and unintended consequences

RS Kookana, AK Sarmah, L Van Zwieten, E Krull… - Advances in …, 2011 - Elsevier
Biochar is increasingly being recognized by scientists and policy makers for its potential role
in carbon sequestration, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy, waste …

Crop yield and weed management in rainfed conservation agriculture

M Farooq, KC Flower, K Jabran, A Wahid… - Soil and tillage …, 2011 - Elsevier
Crop yield potential with conservation agriculture (CA) in rainfed systems is often greater
than with conventional tillage (CVT) systems, particularly where sub-optimal rainfall limits …

Evolution in crop–livestock integration systems that improve farm productivity and environmental performance in Australia

LW Bell, AD Moore, JA Kirkegaard - European Journal of Agronomy, 2014 - Elsevier
Australian farming systems have an enduring history of crop–livestock integration which
emerged in the face of high climate variability, infertile soils and variable landscapes. Ley …

Herbicide‐resistant weed management: focus on glyphosate

HJ Beckie - Pest management science, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This review focuses on proactive and reactive management of glyphosate‐resistant (GR)
weeds. Glyphosate resistance in weeds has evolved under recurrent glyphosate usage, with …

Biotic interactions, ecological knowledge and agriculture

C Shennan - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2008 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This paper discusses biotic interactions in agroecosystems and how they may be
manipulated to support crop productivity and environmental health by provision of …

Factors influencing adoption of conservation tillage in Australian cropping regions

FH D'Emden, RS Llewellyn… - Australian Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this research is to improve understanding of conservation tillage adoption
decisions by identifying key biophysical and socio‐economic factors influencing no‐till …

No-tillage and conservation farming practices in grain growing areas of Queensland–a review of 40 years of development

GA Thomas, GW Titmarsh, DM Freebairn… - Australian Journal of …, 2007 - CSIRO Publishing
Early agricultural practices in Queensland inadvertently led to accelerated soil erosion.
During the 1940s, the Queensland Government initiated a soil conservation service that …

Management strategies for herbicide-resistant weed populations in Australian dryland crop production systems

MJ Walsh, SB Powles - Weed Technology, 2007 - cambridge.org
In most world crop-production areas, the evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds is becoming
a major issue. This problem has become most severe across the Australian dryland crop …

Challenges in developing effective policy for soil carbon sequestration: perspectives on additionality, leakage, and permanence

T Thamo, DJ Pannell - Climate Policy, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
If carbon sequestration is to be a cost-effective substitute for reducing emissions then it must
occur under a framework that ensures that the sequestration is additional to what would …