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EPPO Reporting Service no. 07 - 2007 Num. article: 2007/144

International Conference on novel and sustainable weed management in arid and semi-arid agro-ecosystems, Rehovot (IL), 2007-10-07/12


The European Weed Research Society and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem organize on 2007-10-07/12 an International Conference on novel and sustainable weed management in arid and semi-arid agro-ecosystems, Rehovot (IL). Topics covered are the following and will be related to the specific conditions prevailing in arid and semi-arid climates:
  1. Weed management in arid and semi-arid farming systems: dry-land crops, irrigated crops
  2. Bio-control and allelopathy in weed management
  3. Integrated weed management and precision agriculture
  4. Parasitic weeds
  5. Herbicide resistant weeds and crops
  6. Herbicide behaviour in soils, bio-remediation, and methyl bromide alternatives
  7. Invasive weeds: biology, control and quarantine regulations
  8. Weed biology, and ecology and modeling
  9. Biotechnology and molecular biology in weed science
  10. Application methods and formulations.

Abstracts must be submitted before 2007-09-01.

Sources

International conference on Novel and Sustainable Weed Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Agro-Ecosystems (Rehovot, IL, 2007-10-07/12). http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/aridconference/index.html