Physical, cultural and biological methods for weed control have developed largely
independently and are often concerned with weed control in different systems: physical and …

Global fire regimes are shifting due to climate and land use changes. Understanding the
responses of belowground communities to fire is key to predicting changes in the ecosystem …

Methods of non-chemical weed control that could be used in organic systems were reviewed
previously as part of a desk study funded by MAFF (Bond & Grundy, 1998). Other reviews of …

Because of increasing public concern for health and environment, several non-chemical
weed control options causing thermal injury to plant tissues have been developed. These …

Fire is a disturbance in the Mediterranean region associated with frequent drought periods,
and can affect the soil microbial community, which plays a fundamental role in nutrient …

Introduction Sugarbeets account for 55 to 60% of US sugar production. Cercospora leaf spot
(CLS), primarily caused by the fungal pathogen Cercospora beticola, is a major foliar …

There are twenty million acres of lawns in North America. In their current form, these
unproductive expanses of grass represent a significant financial and environmental cost …

The goal of the current study was to create and assess the effectiveness of a hand-pulled
ergonomically designed flame weeder. The developed weeder was tested in the field at …

Robotic weed flaming is a new and environmentally friendly approach to weed removal in
the agricultural field. Using a mobile manipulator equipped with a blowtorch, we design a …

Soybeans (Glycine max L.) are one of the major row crops in the United States, particularly
in Arkansas. The soybean cyst nematode (SCN, Heterodera glycines Ichinohe) is one of the …