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9998: Current achievements and future directions of physical weed control in Europe

Melander, Bo (2006) Current achievements and future directions of physical weed control in Europe. Paper presented at AFPP 3rd International conference on non-chemical crop protection methods, Lille, France, 13, 14 and 15 March 2006, page pp. 49-58.**

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Summary

This paper reviews major results achieved with physical weed control methods and strategies especially adapted for horticultural and agricultural crops. Mechanical methods, such as weed harrowing and inter-row hoeing, have provided promising results in cereals, pulse and oil seed rape, particularly when they are part of a strategy that also involves cultural methods such as fertiliser placement or crop seed vigour. In row crops, intra-row weeds constitute a major challenge, and research has mainly aimed at replacing laborious hand weeding with mechanization. A number of investigations have focussed on optimising the use of thermal and mechanical methods against intra-row weeds. And new methods are now under investigation such as robotic weeding for row crops with abundant spacing between individual plants and band-steaming for row crops developing dense crop stands.

Document Language:English
Keywords:Mechanical control, thermal control, intelligent weeding, strategies, non-chemical
Subject Areas: Crop husbandry > Weed management
Research affiliation: Denmark > DARCOF II (2000-2005) > I. 9 (BANHEAT) Band heating for intra-row weed control
Funding Part:5-25%
Total budget (Euro):0
Orgprints ID Number:9998
Contact:Bo Melander, Senior Scientist
Deposited On:17 November 2006
EPrint Type:Conference paper
Published?:Published
Peer Review Status:Not peer-reviewed

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