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The Challenges of Modern Weed Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

W. B. Ennis Jr.
W. B. Ennis Jr.*
Affiliation:
Weeds Journal of Weed Society of America, 1956–1958 Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
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Extract

Weeds have plagued man in his agricultural pursuits since biblical times in spite of backbreaking efforts to control them by hand and mechanical methods. At this second meeting of the Weeds Journal of Weed Society of America it appears appropriate to review briefly some of the modern accomplishments in weed control and to take stock of future needs.

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Research Article
Information
Weeds , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , October 1958 , pp. 363 - 369
Copyright
Copyright © 1958 Weed Science Society of America 

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