Weeds vegetable production

Ozores-Hampton M, Roe NE, McSorley R, Chellemi DO, Stansly PA, Obreza T (2001) Soil solarization affects weed and nematode populations in a large-scale vegetable production... 

Kristiansen, P. 2003. Sustainable Weed Management in Organic Herb and Vegetable Production. University of New England, Armidale. Doctor of Philosophy thesis. 

The impact of weed control in organic production must not be underestimated. In vegetable production particularly, weed control will often pose more of a challenge than pest or disease control. It is the cost of controlling weeds that can have a significant effect on the economics of organic vegetable production. 

The law provides that each product must be registered before it can be sold legally in the state. Registration acts as a screen by which worthless and untried products are withheld from the market. Registration may be refused, after hearing, for any economic poison which is of little or no value for the purpose for which it is intended, or which is detrimental to vegetation (except weeds), to domestic animals, or to the public health and safety when properly used, and there may be required such practical demonstration as may be necessary to determine the facts. 

Campiglia E, Temperini O, Mancinelli R, Saccardo F (2000) Effects of soil solarization on the weed control of vegetable crops and on the cauliflower and fennel production in the open field. Acta Hort (ISHS) 533 249-255... 

In 1936 Sinox, a dinitro selective weed killer, was introduced and widely used, not only in cereal crops but in peas, onions, flax, and other important crops. In the early forties a private dealer in the Salinas Valley of California discovered the selective herbicidal use of stove oil in carrot crops. As war conditions made labor scarce and military demands called for increased production, this proved a great boon to the vegetable growers. 

Barker, A.V. and Bhowmik, P.C. 2001. Weed control with residues in vegetable cropping systems. Journal of Crop Production 4 163-183. 

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