Sustainable strategies for managing weeds are critical to meeting agriculture's potential to
feed the world's population while conserving the ecosystems and biodiversity on which we …

Weeds are a hidden foe for crop plants, interfering with their functions and suppressing their
growth and development. Yield losses of∼ 34% are caused by weeds among the major …

Cover crops are well recognized as a tool to reduce NO3− leaching from agroecosystems.
However, their effectiveness varies from site to site and year to year depending on soil, cash …

Increasing plant diversity in agroecosystems with cover crops has been a successful
strategy to augment ecosystem services from agriculture, and increasing diversity of cover …

Core Ideas Cover crops can effectively suppress weeds after termination and up to early
stage of crop growth. Use of cover crops for early season weed suppression did not affect …

The intensive use of synthetic herbicides is questioned for many reasons. Bioherbicides, as
integrated weed management tools, however, have the potential to offer a number of …

We conducted a previous systematic and meta‐analysis review that showed differences in
results from studies that evaluated the effectiveness of cover crops for weed suppression in …

Vegetables are a substantial part of our lives and possess great commercial and nutritional
value. Weeds not only decrease vegetable yield but also reduce their quality. Non-chemical …

The carry-over effect of cover crops on weeds and crop productivity in the subsequent crops
has been related to cover crop composition and cover crop termination methods but their …

In the context of a shift towards pesticide reduction in arable farming, weed management
remains a challenging issue. Integrated Weed Management currently recommends …