Published by InTech, Croatia. First published January, 2012. - 258 p. ISBN 978-953-307-892-2This book blends assessment chapters with scientific studies, producing an review of some the present tendencies in the area of herbicides. Integrated are environmental scientific studies on their toxicity and effect on natural populations, strategies to minimize herbicide inputs and therefore all round non-focus on toxicity, and the use of bioherbicides as organic alternatives.Contents
Preface
Chapter:
Evaluation of Toxicities of Herbicides Using Short-Term Chronic Tests of Alga, Daphnid and Fish
Herbicide Phytotoxicity and Resistance to Herbicides in Legume Plants
Use of Sugar Beet as a Bioindicator Plant for Detection of Flucarbazone and Sulfentrazone Herbicides in Soil
Investigation of Degradation of Pesticide Lontrel in Aqueous Solutions
Distribution and Potential Effects of Novel Antifouling Herbicide Diuron on Coral Reefs
Herbicide Reduction Methods
Managing Weeds with Reduced Herbicide Inputs: Developing a Novel System for Onion
Microbial Weed Control and Microbial Herbicides
Velvet Bean (Mucuna pruriens var. utilis) a Cover Crop as Bioherbicide to Preserve the Environmental Services of Soil
Organic Weed Control
Opportunities for Weed Control in Dry Seeded Rice in North-Western Indo-Gangetic Plains.
Weed Management Challenges in Fairtrade Banana Farm Systems in the Windward Islands of the Caribbean
Genetic Diversity in Weeds
