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Weed Science at CIAT (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical) and Weed Problems in Latin America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

J. D. Doll*
Affiliation:
Univ. of Wis., Madison, WI 53706; formerly Weed Sci., CIAT, Cali, Colombia

Extract

Latin America is a region of contrasts including mountains and valleys, deserts and jungles, forests and prairies, prosperous and poor, modern and traditional, small farms and huge ones, malnourished and well-fed, machines and manpower, herbicides and machetes. Any country from Mexico to Chile would provide examples of these contrasts. The countries share a common heritage of language, culture, religion, and education. Each is unique in its present developmental stage and future plans (6).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1980 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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