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This CIMMYT paper describes maize research and development in Tanzania, gives production technology recommendations, and discusses the cultural as well as socioeconomic factors that influence maize production.
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This site is the Purdue University (USA) Agronomy Extension publications list. Most of the publications are available on-line and include topics such as alternative crops, conservation tillage, erosion control, pests and pesticides, soils, and weeds. The publications may also be purchased.
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This paper was presented at a 1998 conference titled "Sharing the Lessons of Organic Farming". The authors present their management system for keeping in row weeds in onions under control with limited labor and few off-farm inputs.
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El sitio da acceso a boletines en línea documentando experiencias con distintos sistemas de cultivos de cobertura / abonos verdes asociados con maíz, maicillo (sorgo), hortalizas, y plantaciones de frutales, café, palmas africanas y más.
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Core4 is a US-based approach to improved farm profitability and environmental conservation. The site contains information on conservation tillage, crop nutrient management, weed and pest management, conservation buffers, a catalog, links, and more.
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This 8 page publication in pdf format from the Oregon State University Extension Service (USA) discusses the use and benefits of cover crops as a weed control measure.
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This page contains a lengthy abstract of a literature review on the use of rotation and intercropping systems for weed suppression.
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ACRES USA discusses different methods of weed control for organic farming. This method incorporates ideas of crop competition, soil fertility, crop rotation, variety selection, sanitation and deep shaded crops.
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This site contains the abstract of an online publication from University of Missouri (USA) Extension that is intended as a practical reference for the identification of weeds found in no-till systems. The complete version including 130 color photos of 45 common weeds, taxonomic key, guide to herbicides, and a glossary can be downloaded or purchased from this site.
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Forever Green Landscaping and Maintenance sells Eco-Weeder tools, chemical free weeding mechanisms in which the combustion of liquid gas in ceramic pyroelements reaches temperatures of up to 1,000°C, which, when combined with the heat insulated casing places intense radiation directly on weeds and wind-borne seeds.
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Garden Shop Online sells a variety of hand tools for cultivating, weeding and raking.
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Organic Eprints #2445, which was presented at the 6th EWRS Workshop on Physical and Cultural Weed Control, includes guidelines for equipment, statistical analysis, experimental design, and more.
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This article published in the Integrated Crop Management newsletter from Iowa State University Extension (USA) discusses horseweed, an increasingly problematic weed in no-till soybean fields and methods for controlling it.
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This agroforester.com article discusses weed management. It starts by explaining the potentiall useful functions of weeds on a farm. The article goes on to suggest managing the weeds by speeding up their succession by, for example, planting fast growing nitrogen fixing trees to shade out the weeds.
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Breve artículo de investigación publicado en la Revista Agroforestería en las Américas (Vol.7 No. 28 2000). Por medio de métodos participativos fueron probadas 21 diferentes leguminosas por sus servicios para mejorar el suelo, controlar las malezas y producir algún producto comestible.
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This 1990 research note reports that a leguminous cover crop, mucuna (Mucuna pruriens var. Utilis), has now been shown to effectively help control the spread of imperata grass (Imperata cylindrica).
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This information sheet from the Virginia Association for Biological Farming offers information on different mulches an how they provide weed control.
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Esta hoja técnica y sencilla introduce el uso de mucuna y canavalia como abonos verdes que pueden controlar malezas en varios sistemas de producción de maíz. Presentado por INFOAGRO, Sistema de Información del Sector Agropecuario del gobierno de Costa Rica.
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This site is a table of contents for an on-line handbook providing information on new research developments on conservation farming systems in the Pacific Northwest (USA) including topics such as soil erosion, conservation tillage, weed control, and fertility management.
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Peaceful Valley Farm Supply in California sells hand weeding tools, including cutters, cultivators, rooters, forks, grubbers and jacks.
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Published by Iowa State University Extension (USA) in 1992, this 4 page paper in pdf format summarizes weed control techniques for ridge-till cultivation systems.
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A bulletin containing useful information that producers could use to re-determine the 'best' crop rotation for each field according to problems, circumstances and commodity prices.
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This 1999 "Cropupdates: Weeds" article from the Western Australia Department of Agriculture discusses an experiment comparing the efficacy of trifluralin to that of stubble burning and herbicide incorporation for no-till crop establishment in fields with high densities of ryegrass.
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An article on Hillside Agriculture in Colombia involving a variety of watersheds and the use of ecologically sound technologies. This article is also available in Spanish.
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Available online in pdf format, this 23 page, 1997 US Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service publication, describes a sustainable tomato production system using a winter annual legume, hairy vetch (Vicia villosa), as a cover crop and mulch to improve soil fertility and reduce weeds.
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This University of Vermont Extension material lists 10 steps toward successful non chemical weed control
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Weed science teaching, research, and extention; this site provides guides on weeds, slide sets, news, and more.
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This brief Ontario Corn Producers' Association (Canada) article describes the goals of integrated weed management and the different effects of tillage on weeds across different soil types.
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This site has information on the use of mucuna to control
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This fact sheet outlines the steps to successful weed control in no-tillage systems. It also gives a comprehensive list of problem weeds in no-till.
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Published by Iowa State University Extension (USA) in 2002 this 8 page pdf document outlines a variety of physical and ecological weed management strategies for organic farmers.
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This paper discusses weed management issues for both upland and lowland rice production for small holders of the tropics. It covers hand weeding, fallow systems, crop competition, and chemical controls, and was written by David E. Johnson from the University of Greenwich (UK).
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Weed management articles from a number of scientific journals can be accessed through this ASA-CSSA-SSSA collection. Abstracts are freely accessible; access to full text may require payment. Browsing and search functions for related agricultural topics can be found at http://soil.scijournals.org/collections/.
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An case study of Taro Cultivation in American Samoa
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Weed Research is the official journal of the European Weed Research society. It publishes papers in English, that are concerned with the study of weeds, their management and control and related topics. Subscription information is available on this site, and a subscription allows access to issues from February 1997 to the present.
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This brief Ileia newsletter article looks at tree-crop-weed interactions. Using examples from Kenya the author discusses weeds in relation to forage, mulch, fallows, shade, allelopathy, and agroforestry.
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This article in The Overstory (a free on-line journal) discusses the beneficial functions and uses of weeds, useful books about weeds as a resource, and gives web links to related material.
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This site, created by the Australian Weeds Committee, promotes access to key weed policies, regulations, current issues, national initiatives, research, extension, training and personnel.
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This 1995 edition of ILEIA Magazine covers weeds in low external input sustainable agricultural systems. It includes articles discussing connections between weeds and green manure, and weeds and soil conservation.
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