Exploiting Waste Heat from Combine Harvesters to Damage Harvested Weed Seeds and Reduce Weed Infestation

Exploiting Waste Heat from Combine Harvesters to Damage Harvested Weed Seeds and Reduce Weed Infestation

Weeds are mainly controlled with herbicides in intensive crop production, but this has resulted in increasing problems with herbicide-resistant weeds and public concerns about the unwanted side-effects of herbicide use. Therefore, there is a need for new alternative methods to reduce weed problems....

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Main Authors: Christian Andreasen, Zahra Bitarafan, Johanna Fenselau, Christoph Glasner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-03-01
Series:Agriculture
Subjects:
alternative weed control
combine harvester
seed viability
soil seed bank
weed seeds
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/8/3/42

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