2021
DOI: 10.1111/wre.12497
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Review: How will climate change impact the ‘many little hammers’ of ecological weed management?

Abstract: Ecological weed management (EWM) is the application of ecological principles to weed management decisions (MacLaren et al., 2020).The goal of EWM is to manipulate the relationships between crops, weeds and other agroecosystem components to benefit the crop and limit the growth of weeds, while minimising negative environmental impacts. EWM can reduce the need for pesticide applications (Westerman et al., 2005), improve soil quality (Gallandt et al., 1999) and preserve biodiversity (Benton et al., 2003). Success… Show more

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“…If herbicides are consistently avoided for several years during mechanical weed control by hoeing, it is likely that the effectiveness of hoeing will decline further due to the increasing weed pressure. In order to successfully control weeds without herbicides over several years, holistic approaches are needed in addition to direct mechanical weed control, including long crop rotations, mulching, adapted tillage, optimized sowing operation, and the use of selected intercrops [3,[32][33][34][35][36]. However, hoeing is particularly suitable in an environment of social desire for more ecological agriculture, where there are increasing bans or restrictions on the use of herbicides and a lack of approval of new herbicidal active agents as a supplement to chemical crop protection, therefore providing an additional way of controlling weeds that became difficult to control chemically [18,25,37].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…If herbicides are consistently avoided for several years during mechanical weed control by hoeing, it is likely that the effectiveness of hoeing will decline further due to the increasing weed pressure. In order to successfully control weeds without herbicides over several years, holistic approaches are needed in addition to direct mechanical weed control, including long crop rotations, mulching, adapted tillage, optimized sowing operation, and the use of selected intercrops [3,[32][33][34][35][36]. However, hoeing is particularly suitable in an environment of social desire for more ecological agriculture, where there are increasing bans or restrictions on the use of herbicides and a lack of approval of new herbicidal active agents as a supplement to chemical crop protection, therefore providing an additional way of controlling weeds that became difficult to control chemically [18,25,37].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The increase in on-farm crop diversity is meant to be a facilitator of favorable ecosystem services [247][248][249][250]. Special attention should be given in future research to ecological weed-management tools and strategies to be oriented to smallholder farmers, as most of the agricultural land is small in size [19]. The intensification of smallholder agricultural systems could be realized in harmony with sustainable agricultural production [251].…”
Section: What Future Lies Ahead?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…An analytical review of the response of different herbicide mode of actions to these factors is provided by Varanasi et al [18]. A recent paper reviews the effects of climate change on ecological weed-management strategies and concludes that cultivation techniques (e.g., tillage) will be reduced in environments with variable climates, while non-chemical tools such as mulching and weed seedbank management will be increased [19].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Or changing weather patterns that will likely lengthen the growing season to the benefit of many weed species (Peters and Gerowitt, 2015). The increased rainfall expected in Northeast USA may decrease the number of days when soils are dry enough to support tractor-drawn equipment, thereby increasing the importance of access to ample equipment and labor to conduct timely weed control efforts (Birthisel et al, 2021). Likewise, timely control may be challenging on large-scale farms since it may require several days to cover the entire acreage.…”
Section: Feasibility Of Adjusting Management Based On Weed Emergencementioning
confidence: 99%