This is the second volume in the two-volume set, Crop Production and Weed Control. Increasing human populations, together with the effects of environmental change, present major challenges for researchers and professionals engaged in food production. These volumes provide the reader with a wide-ranging perspective on current research from experts around the world, ensuring they are better informed, whether as researchers, professionals or policy-makers. The studies collected cover a huge range of crop types, including potato, sugarcane, radish, rice, date palm, coffee, brassicas and pigeon pea, studied in a variety of settings. Major themes covered in the books include: current issues in fertilizer use; irrigation in challenging environments; insects and insecticide use, including approaches to some of the most destructive insects threatening crop production today; weeds and weed control, including new and emerging approaches and alternative methods, such as the use of living mulch and sunn hemp; new crop production technologies, such as soilless cultures; and new approaches for securing higher yields and better sustainability, such as through new soil management practices. Together the volumes are a comprehensive resource of information and tools for crop production today.
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