Sustainable Weed Management II

Dear Colleagues,

The environmental impact and the increasing phenomena of weed resistance caused by the irrational use of synthetic herbicides have led government institutions and public opinion to a growing interest in eco-friendly and sustainable tools for weed management. The scientific community is therefore called to further improve the efforts in the search for new environmentally based and more efficient approaches.

This Special Issue will focus on the recent advancements in the wide field of sustainable weed management. Research papers, communications, and review articles are welcome. We invite you to share your contributions on the following topics (not an exhaustive list): 1) weed biology; 2) biotic and abiotic factors for plant adaptation strategies; 3) preventive or indirect methods (stale seedbed, crop rotation, increase in crop competitive capacity, etc.); 4) management of the soil seedbank; 5) cover cropping; 6) non-chemical weed control such as physical, mechanical, and biological methods; 7) use of allelopathic mechanisms for weed control (mulching, the use of plant extracts as bioherbicides, intercropping, etc.); 8) application and development of weed thresholds. Particular attention will be given to integrated weed management in agroecosystems and studies involving botanical and ecological aspects (weed emergence models, floristic composition and species diversity, plant associations, and ecosystem services).

Dr. Aurelio Scavo
Dr. Alessia Restuccia
Guest Editors

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