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It’s been estimated that more than 30% of global cereal crop production is lost annually to weeds. Therefore, controlling outbreaks is absolutely critical to the productivity and profitability of the sector. However, as the agricultural sector faces increasing pressure to reduce its reliance on herbicides due to their environmental impact and role in the development of herbicide-resistant weeds, a greater effort is required to better understand the ecology of key weed species in order to develop more sustainable control methods.
Managing major weeds of wheat and barley provides a comprehensive overview of the main weed species affecting wheat and barley, including black-grass, ryegrass, brome species, wild oats and broad leaf weeds. The book reviews our current understanding of each species’ life cycle, population dynamics and changing patterns of infestation and resistance, as well as the use and effectiveness of non-chemical weed control methods.
Professor Jonathan Storkey is a Principal Scientist in Agroecology at Rothamsted Research, UK. A highly-cited author, he is internationally-renowned for his expertise in sustainable weed management. He has been a Principal Investigator or Partner in a wide range of UK and EU-funded Research Projects promoting more sustainable agricultural practices, and has been a Plenary Speaker at Symposia organised by the European Weed Research Society, the Weed Science Society of America and the Asia Pacific Weed Science Society.
Part 1 General
- 1.Origins of cereal weeds: Alexander Weide, University of Cambridge, UK;
- 2.Weed distribution and associated yield losses in wheat and barley production: North America: Anita Dille, Kansas State University, USA;
- 3.Weed distribution and associated yield losses in wheat production: Europe: Katerina Hamouzova, Czech University of Life Sciences, Czechia;
- 4.Weed distribution and associated yield losses in wheat production: Australia: Rick Llewellyn, CSIRO, Australia;
- 5.Trends in herbicide discovery and evolution of herbicide resistance affecting major weeds of wheat and barley: George B. Frisvold, University of Arizona, USA;
- 6.Advances in understanding how herbicide resistance evolves amongst wheat and barley weed species: Dilpreet Riar, Corteva, USA;
- 7.Sustainable herbicide use in control of wheat and barley weeds: Nicola Perry, Corteva, UK;
- 8.Advances in non-chemical methods of in season/in-field weed control: Timo Sprangers, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands;
- 9.Regulating weed populations across cropping system at the landscape scale: Alexander Menegat, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden;
Part 2 Individual weed species
- 10.Black-grass (Alopecurus myosuroides): ecology, advances in understanding weed dynamics in wheat and barley: David Comont, Rothamsted Research, UK;
- 11.Ryegrasses and rigid ryegrass: advances in understanding weed dynamics in wheat and barley: Paul Neve, University of Copenhagen, Denmark;
- 12.Brome species: advances in understanding weed dynamics in wheat and barley: Catherine Borger, DPIRD-Western Australia, Australia;
- 13.Wild oats (Avena fatua): advances in understanding weed dynamics in wheat and barley: Shaun Sharpe, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada;
- 14.Problem broad leaf weeds affecting wheat and barley: Dilshan Benaragama, University of Manitoba, Canada;
- 15.Advances in understanding ‘beneficial’ weed communities: Guillaume Fried, Anses, France;
Part 3 Looking forward
- 16.Emerging weed species affecting wheat and barley cultivation: John Cussans, ADAS, UK;
- 17.Advances in weed scouting and surveillance: Svend Christensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark;
- 18.Emerging technologies for weed control: Kumaran Nagalingam, CSIRO, Australia;