Gage, Karla L., Krausz, Ronald F., & Walters, S. Alan; "Emerging Challenges for Weed Management in Herbicide-Resistant Crops;" Agriculture, 2019, 9(8); DOI: 10.3390/agriculture9080180. ABSTRACT: Since weed management is such a critical component of agronomic crop production systems, herbicides are widely…
Adam S. Davis, George B. Frisvold, "Are herbicides a once in a century method of weed control?," Pest Management Science, 2017, 73:11, DOI: 10.1002/ps.443. ABSTRACT: The efficacy of any pesticide is an exhaustible resource that can be depleted over time. For…
Fred Gould, Zachary S. Brown, Jennifer Kuzma, "Wicked evolution: Can we address the sociobiological dilemma of pesticide resistance?," Science, May 18, 2018, 360: 6390, DOI: 10.1126/science.aar3780. ABSTRACT: Resistance to insecticides and herbicides has cost billions of U.S. dollars in the agricultural sector and could result…
Matt Liebman, Bàrbara Baraibar, Yvonne Buckley, Dylan Childs, Svend Christensen, Roger Cousens, Hanan Eizenberg, Sanne Heijting, Donato Loddo, Aldo Merotto Jr, Michael Renton, Marleen Riemens, "Ecologically sustainable weed management: How do we get from proof-of-concept to adoption?," Ecological Applications, 26:5, 2016, DOI:…
Paula R. Westerman, Matt Liebman, Fabián D. Menalled, Andrew H. Heggenstaller, Robert G. Hartzler, Philip M. Dixon, "Are many little hammers effective? Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) population dynamics in two- and four-year crop rotation systems," Weed Science, 53, 2005. ABSTRACT: To improve understanding of relationships…
Matt Liebman, "Cultural techniques to manage weeds," in Integrated weed management for sustainable agriculture, Ed: Robert Zimdahl, 2017, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. SUMMARY: The focus of this chapter is on cultural techniques that can also contribute to effective weed management strategies, including choice…
Matt Liebman and Eric Gallandt, "Many Little Hammers: Ecological Management of Crop-Weed Interactions," In Ecology and Agriculture," Ed: L.E. Jackson, 1997, Academic Press. SUMMARY: This is the first introduction of the phrase "many little hammers" to describe what is now known…
Matt Liebman and Adam Davis, "Managing Weeds in Organic Farming Systems: An Ecological Approach," In Organic Farming: The Ecological System, Ed: Charles Francis, 2009. SUMMARY: In this chapter, we describe major components of the weed management tool kit for organic farming, highlighting areas…
Robert J. Kremer and Nathan E. Means, "Glyphosate and glyphosate-resistant crop interactions with rhizosphere microorganisms," European Journal of Agronomy, 2009, 31:3, 153-161, DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2009.06.004. ABSTRACT: Current crop production relies heavily on transgenic, glyphosate-resistant (GR) cultivars. Widespread cultivation of transgenic crops has received…
Jeffrey A Evans, Patrick J Tranel, Aaron G Hager, Brian Schutte, Chenxi Wu, Laura A Chatham, and Adam S Davis, "Managing the evolution of herbicide resistance," 2015, Pest Management Science, 72, DOI 10.1002/ps.4009. ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Understanding and managing the evolutionary responses of pests and pathogens to…