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Biological control of weeds with fungal plant pathogens

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Exploitation of Microorganisms

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Weeds continue to be a problem in agriculture throughout the world, reducing yield and quality of crops by competing for the water, nutrients and sunlight essential for vigorous crop growth. The importance of weeds in agriculture is reflected by the rapid growth of the use of chemical herbicides to control weeds. The effectiveness of herbicides has dramatically increased yields and also stimulated development of new chemical herbicides. Nevertheless, losses due to weeds continue to be documented. Plant pathogens have recently been suggested as one of several possible means of controlling weeds which remain problematic in otherwise successful weed control programmes in intensive agriculture, or even as an alternative to chemical herbicides. Plant pathogens are also being considered as a potential, cost-effective means of reducing weed populations in crops, forests or rangelands where costs and profit margins prohibit large expenditures for chemical herbicides.

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TeBeest, D.O. (1993). Biological control of weeds with fungal plant pathogens. In: Jones, D.G. (eds) Exploitation of Microorganisms. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1532-2_1

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