Plant Biology and Sustainable Weed Management

Dear Colleagues,

The basis for the sustainable management of weeds in agroecosystems and non-agricultural lands is the use of various control methods associated with the most advanced technological tools, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Quantum Computing, Extended Reality (VR/AR/XR), the Internet of Things (IoT), and Biotechnology.

Understanding weed biology, ecology, and ecophysiology is crucial for developing sustainable weed management programs. Mapping and targeted weed control strategies play an important role in defining specific areas and optimal timings for applying control methods and choosing techniques that most effectively reduce weed seed return to the soil.

Chemical weed control plays a crucial role in modern times by controlling weeds and ensuring sustainable vegetation management. The correct and safe use of herbicides involves both the choice of an efficient chemical and the application techniques. This is evidently important to control weeds efficiently and to prevent the selection of tolerant and resistant weeds.

We encourage authors to submit manuscripts especially on the topics below:

• Weed biology and physiology (seedbank, allelopathy, stress tolerance etc.)
• Weed–crop interactions (competition, resource use, plant signaling etc.)
• Ecological and evolutionary perspectives (weed adaptation, invasiveness, biodiversity impacts etc.)
• Herbicide tolerance and resistance in crops and weeds (mechanisms, detection, management strategies etc.)
• Crop & weed response to herbicides (selectivity, efficacy, hormesis, plant regulators, herbicide physiology etc.)
• Integrated weed management approaches (cover crops, cultural practices, biological control, advanced technological tools, digital agriculture for weed management etc.)

To sustain weed control and management economically and environmentally, more advances in research are needed to improve our knowledge in Weed Science. Share your studies on topics mentioned above, and others related, in this Special Issue on Integrating Weed Science and Plant Research for Sustainable Agriculture. Be part of the global academy of Weed Science.

Dr. Leonardo Bianco Carvalho
Dr. Luis Antonio de Avila
Guest Editors

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• weed biology and control
• integrated weed management
• herbicide resistant crops and weeds
• biotechnology in weed research
• technological tools for weed management
• herbicide application technology