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  • Review
  • Open Access
208 Citations
22,822 Views
14 Pages

4 January 2022

In the last few decades, the increase in the world’s population has created a need to produce more food, generating, consequently, greater pressure on agricultural production. In addition, problems related to climate change, water scarcity or d...

  • Review
  • Open Access
63 Citations
17,105 Views
20 Pages

Sustainable Weed Management for Conservation Agriculture: Options for Smallholder Farmers

  • Brian Sims,
  • Sandra Corsi,
  • Gualbert Gbehounou,
  • Josef Kienzle,
  • Makiko Taguchi and
  • Theodor Friedrich

Land degradation and soil fertility deterioration are two of the main causes of agricultural production stagnation and decline in many parts of the world. The model of crop production based on mechanical soil tillage and exposed soils is typically ac...

  • Review
  • Open Access
139 Citations
12,587 Views
23 Pages

Sustainable Crop and Weed Management in the Era of the EU Green Deal: A Survival Guide

  • Alexandros Tataridas,
  • Panagiotis Kanatas,
  • Antonia Chatzigeorgiou,
  • Stavros Zannopoulos and
  • Ilias Travlos

26 February 2022

Agricultural systems in the EU have become more vulnerable and less sustainable due to an overreliance on herbicides and the tremendous increase in herbicide-resistant weeds. The EU Green Deal aims to reduce the use and risk of chemical pesticides by...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,977 Views
18 Pages

Potential Allelopathic Candidates for Land Use and Possible Sustainable Weed Management in South Asian Ecosystem

  • Kohinoor Begum,
  • Mashura Shammi,
  • Nazmul Hasan,
  • Md. Asaduzzaman,
  • Kwame Sarpong Appiah and
  • Yoshiharu FUJII

Weed management is one of the significant challenges of field crops since weeds pose a remarkable threat to crop productivity in South Asian countries, including Bangladesh. Allelopathy, a phenomenon whereby secondary metabolites produced and release...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
548 Views
7 Pages

Environmental degradation combined with the need to ensure food security for a rapidly growing world population has prompted the adoption of Sustainable Weed Management Practices (SWMPs), which are expected to reduce crop losses while preserving natu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
209 Citations
32,424 Views
21 Pages

Bioherbicides: An Eco-Friendly Tool for Sustainable Weed Management

  • Mahmudul Hasan,
  • Muhammad Saiful Ahmad-Hamdani,
  • Adam Mustafa Rosli and
  • Hafizuddin Hamdan

15 June 2021

Weed management is an arduous undertaking in crop production. Integrated weed management, inclusive of the application of bioherbicides, is an emerging weed control strategy toward sustainable agriculture. In general, bioherbicides are derived either...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,629 Views
7 Pages

A Roadmap for Sustainable Disease, Pest, and Weed Management

  • Frank Yeboah Adusei,
  • Mavis Afriyie Adusei and
  • Benjamin Lartey

Effective disease, pest, and weed control are essential for achieving sustainable agricultural practices. The ever-growing global population, coupled with the increasing demand for food, poses a significant challenge to agriculture systems globally....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,044 Views
12 Pages

Sustainable Weed Management: The Effects of Applying Pre- and Post-Emergence Herbicides to Medicago ruthenica

  • Qiang Li,
  • Zhongwei Ren,
  • Hui Xu,
  • Wenying Wang,
  • Yarong Zhang,
  • Fan Huang,
  • Linqing Yu and
  • Jun Li

10 March 2025

Medicago ruthenica is a forage legume crop that is widely used as fodder and for ecological restoration in arid and semi-arid areas in Northcentral Asia. During the seedling stage, weeds challenge the growth and development of M. ruthenica, especiall...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,094 Views
4 Pages

Opinions and Perceptions on Sustainable Weed Management: A Comparison between Greek and Tunisian Farmers

  • Efstratios Michalis,
  • Ahmed Yangui,
  • Athanasios Ragkos,
  • Mohamed Kharrat and
  • Dimosthenis Chachalis

Societal awareness, demand for innovative food systems and increasing herbicide resistance have induced policy, regulatory and research actions towards the adoption of sustainable weed management, which is based on sustainable, integrated and ecologi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,201 Views
15 Pages

Transformative Approaches for Sustainable Weed Management: The Power of Gene Drive and CRISPR-Cas9

  • Yaiphabi Kumam,
  • Harold N Trick,
  • P.V. Vara Prasad and
  • Mithila Jugulam

4 December 2023

Weeds can negatively impact crop yields and the ecosystem’s health. While many weed management strategies have been developed and deployed, there is a greater need for the development of sustainable methods for employing integrated weed managem...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,183 Views
15 Pages

29 May 2025

Weed management is a persistent challenge in Southeast Asian rice production, particularly in direct-seeded rice (DSR), due to the diversity of weed species and variable field and environmental conditions that can compromise weed control, necessitati...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,978 Views
18 Pages

17 January 2025

The growing global demand for food security requires a paradigm shift towards sustainable agricultural practices, particularly in weed management. Nanotechnology is emerging in agriculture as a useful tool to reduce the dosage and the negative effect...

  • Review
  • Open Access
143 Citations
22,959 Views
23 Pages

20 October 2021

In the face of yield losses caused by weeds, especially in low-input agricultural systems, and environmental pollution due to the excessive use of synthetic herbicides, sustainable weed management has become mandatory. To address these issues, allelo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,180 Views
16 Pages

Ricinus communis L. Leaf Extracts as a Sustainable Alternative for Weed Management

  • Aline Mazoy Lopes,
  • Lucas Kila Ribeiro,
  • Maurício Ricardo de Melo Cogo,
  • Lucas Mironuk Frescura,
  • Marcelo Barcellos da Rosa,
  • Alex Schulz,
  • Flávio Dias Mayer,
  • Ederson Rossi Abaide,
  • Marcus Vinícius Tres and
  • Giovani Leone Zabot

30 July 2025

Weeds pose a significant challenge to agricultural productivity, requiring control strategies that are both effective and environmentally sustainable. Therefore, this study evaluated the inhibitory potential of aqueous extracts from Ricinus communis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,082 Views
20 Pages

Evaluation of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation for Environmentally Sustainable Weed Management

  • Ram B. Khadka,
  • Andres D. Sanabria-Velazquez,
  • John Cardina and
  • Sally A. Miller

12 December 2022

In anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD), soil amended with a carbon source undergoes anaerobic conditions accompanied by changes in microbial community composition and an increase in the concentration of organic acids, primarily acetic and butyric aci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
9,001 Views
23 Pages

Exploring Alternative Use of Medicinal Plants for Sustainable Weed Management

  • Kwame Sarpong Appiah,
  • Hossein Korrani Mardani,
  • Asma Osivand,
  • Sylvia Kpabitey,
  • Christiana Adukwei Amoatey,
  • Yosei Oikawa and
  • Yoshiharu Fujii

18 August 2017

This paper presents the first application of ethnobotanical studies to screen for allelopathic species among medicinal plants for sustainable weed management. This study assesses the possible relationship between ethnobotanical indices and allelopath...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
5,329 Views
17 Pages

Activity of Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle Extract as a Potential Bioherbicide for Sustainable Weed Management in Horticulture

  • Matteo Caser,
  • Sonia Demasi,
  • Fabrizio Caldera,
  • Nilesh Kumar Dhakar,
  • Francesco Trotta and
  • Valentina Scariot

The sustainable management of weeds is one of the main challenges in agriculture. Recent studies have demonstrated the potential of plant phytotoxins, such as ailanthone from Ailanthus altissima (Mill) Swingle, as bioherbicides. Since a complex extra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
5,280 Views
12 Pages

Assessment of Energy Budgeting and Its Indicator for Sustainable Nutrient and Weed Management in a Rice-Maize-Green Gram Cropping System

  • Dibakar Ghosh,
  • Koushik Brahmachari,
  • Anupam Das,
  • Mohamed M. Hassan,
  • Pijush Kanti Mukherjee,
  • Sukamal Sarkar,
  • Nirmal Kumar Dinda,
  • Biswajit Pramanick,
  • Debojyoti Moulick and
  • Akbar Hossain

16 January 2021

Sustainability and climate change are the two major challenges to the agricultural production system. The trade-off between them is essential for higher profitability. The energy assessment is essential for judging the sustainability and vulnerabilit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,034 Views
21 Pages

Herbicide Screening and Application Method Development for Sustainable Weed Management in Tagetes erecta L. Fields

  • Yiping Zhang,
  • Dongyan Feng,
  • Chengcheng Jia,
  • Wangqi Huang,
  • Feng Xu,
  • Yalian Jiang,
  • Junhong Huang,
  • Ye Li,
  • Jihua Wang and
  • Dongsheng Tang

22 May 2025

Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.), a crop of significant medicinal, ornamental, and economic value, faces severe industrialization challenges due to weed-induced yield losses (up to 60%). This study aims to identify safe and highly efficient herbicides fo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,672 Views
12 Pages

Phosphite as a Sustainable and Versatile Alternative for Biostimulation, Biocontrol, and Weed Management in Modern Agriculture

  • Libia Iris Trejo-Téllez,
  • Víctor Hugo Carbajal-Vázquez,
  • Jazmín Lavín-Castañeda and
  • Fernando Carlos Gómez-Merino

5 December 2024

Phosphite (Phi), an analog of phosphate (Pi), is an anion widely used in phytosanitary management and agricultural biostimulation schemes. Given that, unlike some species of bacteria, plants do not naturally have the mechanisms to metabolize Phi once...

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  • Open Access
209 Views
32 Pages

Weed management has become a critical agricultural practice, as weeds compete with crops for nutrients, host pests and diseases, and cause major economic losses. The invasive weed Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) is particularly problematic i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
784 Views
21 Pages

Economic Effects of Sustainable Weed Management Against Broomrape Parasitism in Industrial Tomato

  • Efstratios Michalis,
  • Athanasios Ragkos,
  • Ilias Travlos,
  • Dimosthenis Chachalis and
  • Chrysovalantis Malesios

16 October 2025

Sustainable Weed Management Practices (SWMPs) are currently underrepresented in European cropping systems despite considerable attention from the research and policymaking communities. In public discourse, their adoption is associated with low yields...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,326 Views
14 Pages

27 October 2025

Trials were carried out to investigate the effects of light and temperature on C. rotundus seeds and tubers under two conditions: (i) in vitro and (ii) after sowing in soil. In the latter, seedling emergence was evaluated after sowing at increasing d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,101 Views
16 Pages

Autonomous Mowing and Complete Floor Cover for Weed Control in Vineyards

  • Mino Sportelli,
  • Christian Frasconi,
  • Marco Fontanelli,
  • Michel Pirchio,
  • Michele Raffaelli,
  • Simone Magni,
  • Lisa Caturegli,
  • Marco Volterrani,
  • Marco Mainardi and
  • Andrea Peruzzi

12 March 2021

Enhancing vineyards sustainability and reducing herbicides usage is a crucial theme, thus alternative weed management methods are starting to be studied. Cover crops have been shown to provide for several environmental services such as performing an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,941 Views
16 Pages

Assessing Herbicide Efficacy of Pelargonic Acid on Several Weed Species

  • Donato Loddo,
  • Kishore Kumar Jagarapu,
  • Elisa Strati,
  • Giacomo Trespidi,
  • Nebojša Nikolić,
  • Roberta Masin,
  • Antonio Berti and
  • Stefan Otto

30 May 2023

Pelargonic acid is the most successful natural herbicide and can contribute to reducing synthetic herbicides, but information on its efficacy is contrasting. Given its high cost, a reduction of the rate could facilitate the spread of the use of this...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,062 Views
11 Pages

11 May 2022

A harsh environment, slow tree growth, nutrient deficiencies, and competition between trees and weeds can impede forest establishment on reclaimed lands. We investigated the effects of torrefied wood chips (TWC) and vermicompost (VC) soil amendments...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,562 Views
14 Pages

Italy represents the world leading producer of globe artichoke, and Puglia (Southern Italy) supplies about one-third of the nation’s production. In this research, the influence of mulching (both living mulch with subterranean clover and biodegr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
658 Views
16 Pages

Current management of Ageratina adenophora, a highly invasive weed, relies on synthetic herbicides with environmental and resistance risks, necessitating eco-friendly alternatives. This study evaluated seven phenyl derivatives for phytotoxic activity...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,606 Views
16 Pages

Soil Solarization as an Alternative Weed Control Method for Archaeological Sites in the Mediterranean Region

  • Electra Kanellou,
  • Maria Papafotiou,
  • Garyfalia Economou and
  • Nikolaos Ntoulas

20 July 2023

Weed species commonly colonize archaeological sites in the Mediterranean region, which poses many issues for the sites’ function and the state of preservation of the monuments. Soil solarization was investigated as an alternative environmentall...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
7,904 Views
11 Pages

28 July 2019

Weeds and insect pests are among the serious constraints in common bean production in most rural communities. A survey of 169 smallholder farmers was conducted in two common bean-growing districts in northern Tanzania. The aim was to assess farmers&r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,090 Views
16 Pages

Weed Spectrum in Durum Wheat under Different Soil Tillage and Fertilizer Application in Mediterranean Environment

  • Verdiana Petroselli,
  • Emanuele Radicetti,
  • Alireza Safahani Langeroodi,
  • Mohamed Allam and
  • Roberto Mancinelli

30 June 2021

Agricultural intensification may cause significant changes in weed density due to high weed competitiveness. Therefore, sustainable practices are to be designed to get maximum benefits of plant biodiversity in the agro-ecosystems. Field experiments w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,801 Views
15 Pages

7 October 2021

Weeds are considered a major pest for crops, and as such have been intensively managed by farmers. However, weeds, by providing resources, also support farmland biodiversity. The challenge for sustainable weed management is therefore to maintain weed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,045 Views
20 Pages

14 April 2025

In Nigeria, Chromolaena odorata poses significant threats to agriculture by disrupting ecosystem structure and function, thereby altering ecosystem services. However, our understanding of its impact, potential uses, and control measures, particularly...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,144 Views
24 Pages

Crop Rotation and Weed Control as Factors in the Sustainable Cultivation of Winter Oilseed Rape

  • Arkadiusz Stępień,
  • Katarzyna Wojtkowiak and
  • Ewelina Kolankowska

31 May 2025

The competitive ability of weeds against crop plants is determined by the amount of macronutrients taken up from the soil. Macronutrient uptake is influenced by nutrient concentrations in plants and, above all, the amount of weed biomass produced per...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,978 Views
14 Pages

27 February 2024

When growing rice, nitrogen (N) is the most vital component since it determines how much grain the crop will produce. Among the many causes of rice’s low productivity, improper nitrogen supply and inefficient nitrogen use are thought to be an i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,593 Views
11 Pages

7 October 2019

The study of weed germination can improve knowledge on their seasonal dynamics in fields and facilitate the design of ecologically sustainable management. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of a range of constant and alternate tempera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,897 Views
18 Pages

5 January 2024

Weed management is a crucial aspect of sustainable agriculture. In this study, we investigated the allelopathic potential of wedelia (Wedelia trilobata L.) leaf extract as a bioherbicide against purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus L.). The experiments...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,798 Views
18 Pages

Glyphosate Use in Crop Systems: Risks to Health and Sustainable Alternatives

  • Pamela G. Aoun,
  • Walid Khairallah,
  • Abderahman Rejeb and
  • Amira Haddarah

12 November 2025

Glyphosate, a widely used non-selective herbicide, has been a subject of intense scientific debate due to its environmental persistence and potential health risks. This review examines glyphosate’s mechanisms of action, its effects on crop prod...

  • Review
  • Open Access
52 Citations
11,885 Views
30 Pages

Soil Bioplastic Mulches for Agroecosystem Sustainability: A Comprehensive Review

  • Cristina Abbate,
  • Aurelio Scavo,
  • Gaetano Roberto Pesce,
  • Stefania Fontanazza,
  • Alessia Restuccia and
  • Giovanni Mauromicale

The use of plastic mulch films is widespread in agriculture for specialty cropping systems because of several benefits. In this article, we critically review, for the first time under a holistic approach, the use of biodegradable plastic mulches (BdP...

  • Review
  • Open Access
79 Citations
19,361 Views
21 Pages

Challenges and Alternatives of Herbicide-Based Weed Management

  • Chaitanya Prasad Nath,
  • Ravi Gopal Singh,
  • Vijay K. Choudhary,
  • Debarati Datta,
  • Rajiv Nandan and
  • Sati Shankar Singh

3 January 2024

Weeds are the most severe and widespread biological constraint on agricultural production systems and cause damage to cropped and non-cropped lands. They reduce crop yield and degrade the quality of the produce, besides raising the cost of production...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,615 Views
23 Pages

13 August 2024

The growing interest in safeguarding agroecosystem biodiversity has led to interest in studying ecological interactions among the various organisms present within the agroecosystem. Indeed, mutualisms between weeds and pollinators are of crucial impo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,161 Views
16 Pages

Low-Input Herbicide Management: Effects on Rapeseed Production and Profitability

  • Paola A. Deligios,
  • Gianluca Carboni,
  • Roberta Farci,
  • Stefania Solinas and
  • Luigi Ledda

30 June 2018

The oilseed rape conventional system can be moved to a more sustainable one by reducing herbicide application whilst ensuring at the same time effective weed control, maintaining oilseed rape yield, and quality and increasing profitability. Over thre...

  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,989 Views
33 Pages

Deep Learning for Sustainable Agriculture: A Systematic Review on Applications in Lettuce Cultivation

  • Yi-Ming Qin,
  • Yu-Hao Tu,
  • Tao Li,
  • Yao Ni,
  • Rui-Feng Wang and
  • Haihua Wang

3 April 2025

Lettuce, a vital economic crop, benefits significantly from intelligent advancements in its production, which are crucial for sustainable agriculture. Deep learning, a core technology in smart agriculture, has revolutionized the lettuce industry thro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,419 Views
18 Pages

Herbicidal Effects and Cellular Targets of Aqueous Extracts from Young Eucalyptus globulus Labill. Leaves

  • Mafalda Pinto,
  • Cristiano Soares,
  • Maria Martins,
  • Bruno Sousa,
  • Inês Valente,
  • Ruth Pereira and
  • Fernanda Fidalgo

7 June 2021

Eucalyptus globulus Labill. is a widespread exotic species that contributes to the formation of fire-prone environments, a great concern under climate change conditions. Therefore, sustainable practices to help locals managing eucalyptus stands are n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,216 Views
10 Pages

28 May 2020

This study focused on the potential allelopathy of 50 species of Chinese medicinal plants, which are mainly distributed in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia, and Yunnan Province. The “sandwich method” was adopted and u...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,936 Views
24 Pages

Nanoherbicides for Efficient, Safe, and Sustainable Weed Management: A Review

  • Fangyuan Chen,
  • Pengkun Niu,
  • Fei Gao,
  • Zhanghua Zeng,
  • Haixin Cui and
  • Bo Cui

24 August 2025

Weeds are a significant factor affecting crop yield and quality. Herbicides have made crucial contributions to ensuring stable and high grain production, but the low effective utilization rate and short duration of traditional formulations have led t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,599 Views
24 Pages

Irrigation Scheduling and Weed Management: A Sustainable Approach for Managing Broomrape and Other Weeds in Tomato Crop

  • Muhammad Fawad,
  • Muhammad Azim Khan,
  • Fazli Wahid,
  • Haroon Khan,
  • Bakhtiar Gul,
  • Abdul Mateen Khattak,
  • Aftab Jamal and
  • Andrea Mastinu

Broomrape (Orobanche cernua L.) is an obligate root parasitic weed that significantly reduces the qualitative and yield attributes of tomatoes globally. The efficient management of broomrape is challenging because of its complicated parasitic nature....

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