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Weed Science, a Changing Technology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

J. R. Hay*
Affiliation:
Res. Stn., Agric. Canada, Box 440, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada S4P 3A2

Extract

Slow advances were made in weed technology over 10,000 yr as agriculture progressed from hand weeding to the use of hand tools, animal power, cultural practices, mechanical power, biological controls, and most recently to chemical control.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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