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View article: Managing cover crop mixtures over a decade via species replacement and seeding rate adjustment
Managing cover crop mixtures over a decade via species replacement and seeding rate adjustment Open
Cover crop mixtures provide ecosystem services, but species’ relative abundance in mixtures is challenging to manage. We report on an 11‐year experiment where our main objective was to use species selection and seeding rate adjustments ove…
View article: Soil characteristics and management system influence weed–crop competition
Soil characteristics and management system influence weed–crop competition Open
The resource pool diversity hypothesis (RPDH) posits that organic systems that include diverse crop rotations, green manure and organic fertilizers have a greater diversity of resource pools that can alleviate weed–crop competition compare…
View article: Current and future glyphosate use in European agriculture
Current and future glyphosate use in European agriculture Open
There has been a longstanding and contentious debate about the future of glyphosate use in the European Union (EU). In November 2023, the European Commission approved the renewal of the use registration for glyphosate for a further 10 year…
View article: Cover crops terminated with roller‐crimper to manage <i>Cynodon dactylon</i> and other weeds in vineyards
Cover crops terminated with roller‐crimper to manage <i>Cynodon dactylon</i> and other weeds in vineyards Open
BACKGROUND Using cover crops in organic vineyards can provide many advantages, including weed suppression. However, their effectiveness may depend on the weed community, the cover crop species and the termination method. The most common pr…
View article: Dynamics of <i>Cynodon dactylon</i> and weed community composition in different cover crops in a vineyard
Dynamics of <i>Cynodon dactylon</i> and weed community composition in different cover crops in a vineyard Open
The implementation of cover crops in vineyards is an environment‐friendly soil management technique that has several advantages, including weed suppression. The effectiveness of the management depends on the characteristics of both the wee…
View article: Weeds in Cover Crops: Context and Management Considerations
Weeds in Cover Crops: Context and Management Considerations Open
Cover crops are increasingly being adopted to provide multiple ecosystem services such as improving soil health, managing nutrients, and decreasing soil erosion. It is not uncommon for weeds to emerge in and become a part of a cover crop p…
View article: Cover crop mixture expression is influenced by nitrogen availability and growing degree days
Cover crop mixture expression is influenced by nitrogen availability and growing degree days Open
Cover crop mixtures can provide multiple ecosystem services but provisioning of these services is contingent upon the expression of component species in the mixture. From the same seed mixture, cover crop mixture expression varied greatly …
View article: Spatial and Temporal Stability of Weed Patches in Cereal Fields under Direct Drilling and Harrow Tillage
Spatial and Temporal Stability of Weed Patches in Cereal Fields under Direct Drilling and Harrow Tillage Open
The adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) techniques by farmers is changing the dynamics of weed communities in cereal fields and so potentially their spatial distribution. These changes can challenge the use of site-specific weed cont…
View article: Configurational crop heterogeneity increases within‐field plant diversity
Configurational crop heterogeneity increases within‐field plant diversity Open
Increasing landscape heterogeneity by restoring semi‐natural elements to reverse farmland biodiversity declines is not always economically feasible or acceptable to farmers due to competition for land. We hypothesized that increasing the h…
View article: Following the Trail of the Harvester Ants: The Arising Researcher
Following the Trail of the Harvester Ants: The Arising Researcher Open
When I started my PhD, I had no idea where it would take me. I was interested in sustainable agriculture and agro-ecology, so the idea of working on biological control of weeds by weed seed predators was very exciting but also completely n…
View article: Harvester ant nest distribution depends on soil disturbance regime
Harvester ant nest distribution depends on soil disturbance regime Open
Nest densities of harvester ants (Messor barbarus) are high in rain-fed cereal fields in north-eastern Spain where the ants remove large quantities of seeds, contributing to reductions in weed populations. The distribution of harvester ant…
View article: Reviewing research priorities in weed ecology, evolution and management: a horizon scan
Reviewing research priorities in weed ecology, evolution and management: a horizon scan Open
Summary Weedy plants pose a major threat to food security, biodiversity, ecosystem services and consequently to human health and wellbeing. However, many currently used weed management approaches are increasingly unsustainable. To address …
View article: Ecosystem Services and Disservices Are Bundled in Simple and Diverse Cover Cropping Systems
Ecosystem Services and Disservices Are Bundled in Simple and Diverse Cover Cropping Systems Open
Core Ideas Cover crop monocultures and mixtures support multiple ecosystem services. Service interactions can lead to bundling, or co‐occurrence, of certain services. Service interactions also create trade‐offs among services and disservic…