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Details concerning the Physical and Cultural Weed Control working group.
What is physical weed control?
It includes the following weed control techniques:
 | Mechanical weed control |
| Soil tillage |
| Thermal weed control |
| Mulching |
| Preventive and cultural methods |
| Solarization |
| Electromagnetic weed control |
Which disciplines?
Although not exhaustive, it encompasses the following disciplines:
| Weed science |
| Soil science |
| Engineering Economics |
| Crop husbandry and other plant related disciplines |
Objectives of our working group:
| Encouraging the international collaboration and support of research in physical weed
control and its application in sustainable agriculture |
| Inform group members about newly emerging possibilities for physical weed control,
industrial expertise, possibilities for cooperation and potential sources for financial
support |
| Initiate joint-projects and research programmes on the European scale to promote the
integration of physical weed control into existing crop protection strategies |
| Organizing meetings and workshops where weed scientists can get in contact with other
research disciplines engaged in physical weed control |
| Establishing and maintaining contacts with physical weed control groups outside Europe |
| Reviewing the knowledge on physical weed control to clarify research needs |
| Promotion of physical weed control methods in Europe |
| Investigation of combined use of physical, cultural and chemical control methods |
| Running an mformation network (newsletter, E-mail-network and database) for exchange of
information about persons, projects, results and ideas |
| Organizing biennial meetings and workshops |
Further information and membership
Chairman: Bo Melander
- Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Crop Protection
- Research Centre
Flakkebjerg
- DK-4200 Slagelse-Denmark
- Phone: +45 58 11 33 93
- Fax: +41 58 11 33 01
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E-mail: Bo Melander
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