Integrated weed management in organic farming

Organic farming practices increase weed density and diversity over conventional practices: A meta-analysis

“…For effective weed management, a thorough understanding of the biology and growth habit of the target weed species is very important [ 45 ]. Moreover, because organic weed management involves interaction of biological process with soil types and climate, a single approach is not feasible [ 46 ]. Rather, growers have to be guided on a set of approaches that are specifically suited to his/her cropping system, scale of production, existing weed composition, soil and climate in a way that is flexible enough to adapt to often severely fluctuating weather conditions [ 47 ].…”

Minimizing Weed Impacts and Yield Losses by Application of Broad-Spectrum Herbicides in Maize in the Central Highland of Ethiopia

“…Utilization of contact or systemic herbicide proceeding to establishing will guarantee that the maize field is allowed from weeds for the duration of the critical growth stage of the crop, which is up to around four weeks after sowing (Hall et al 1992;Pergner and Lippert 2023). They necessitated to be added with hoeing to regulate permanent weeds or weeds evolving afterwards the herbicides have dissipated (Akinyemiju 1988;Merfield 2023;Kostina-Bednarz et al 2023) since it is essential to look after maize crop from weed rivalry during the course of greatest of its development to safeguard determined yield (Aladesanwa and Adejoro 2009). Therefore, the purpose of the study was to test the efficacy of herbicides on several weed species and increase maize production.…”