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The role of herbicide-resistant crops in integrated weed management

Code: 9781838794316
Publication date: 26/12/2017
Extent: 10 pages

Contributions by: Prashant Jha, Montana State University, USA; and Krishna N Reddy, USDA-ARS, USA

Chapter synopsis: Herbicide-resistant (HR) crops have been a boon for farmers who have adopted them as they provided simple, flexible and economical tool to manage a broad spectrum of weeds and weeds resistant to other herbicides. This chapter reviews the major types of HR crop (commercialized or under development), their benefits and pitfalls. It also discusses how they can fit into an integrated weed management (IWM) programme.

DOI: 10.19103/AS.2017.0025.12
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Table of contents 1 Introduction 2 Glyphosate-resistant crops 3 Glufosinate-resistant crops 4 Imidazolinone and sulphonylurea-tolerant crops 5 New HR crop technologies 6 HR crops as part of an IWM programme 7 Summary 8 Where to find further information 9 References

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