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Global advances in weed management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2010

J. GRESSEL
J. GRESSEL*
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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*Email: jonathan.gressel@weizmann.ac.il
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Weeds have been controlled so successfully by herbicides, subsequently supplemented by transgenic herbicide-resistant crops, that past intractable problems have been ignored and new ones are evolving. However, industry-led discovery of new herbicide targets is now lacking and weed science as a discipline is contracting globally. This paper describes novel technologies for dealing with major problems, including: better understanding of weed biology coupled with genomics; novel herbicide-resistant crops as well as engineered weed-competing crops; multi-target herbicides; and enhanced biocontrol agents. Together, these approaches may comprise the components of future integrated packages to slow down the evolution of new weed problems.

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Foresight Project on Global Food and Farming Futures
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 149 , Issue S1: FORESIGHT PROJECT ON GLOBAL FOOD AND FARMING FUTURES , February 2011 , pp. 47 - 53
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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