Weed Community Dynamics and Integrated Management Techniques
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: crop protection; weed control; adjuvant; herbicide; weed resistance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Modern agriculture is aimed at providing high-quality plants for food and animal feed. Crops are exposed to numerous factors, including weeds, pathogens, and pests, affecting both the yield and quality of crops. It is important to learn about the changes in the composition of these organism communities and the relationships they have with the environment, habitat, crops, and human activity. It is crucial to define the direction of change and describe the interdependencies between these factors for the effective protection of crops against threats from weeds, pathogens, and pests. Understanding the factors affecting their development, species composition, and harmfulness will allow the development or improvement of currently used pest control methods. Consumer pressure forces producers to change their approach to plant protection, with an emphasis on the use of non-chemical methods or limiting the use of chemical methods.
The Special Issue will be devoted to modern technologies of crop production, with interdisciplinary research covering the biology of weeds, pests and pathogens, the species composition of their communities, and changes over the years. It will also include proposals for plant protection that fit into the latest technologies. The submitted proposals should include original scientific articles as well as review articles, opinions, or reviews.
Dr. Robert Idziak
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- pest management
- weed communities
- crops
- pathogens
- integrated plant protection
- chemical and non-chemical methods
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