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When dealing with fast maturing crops, the grower can prevent weeds from dispersing seeds . Since weeds adapt to continuous use of the same tools, implementations of other integrated management plans are crucial .Using more than one management strategy increases … Continue reading →

The effect of depth on 1,3,-D concentration was most evident in water seals and bare soil plots. HDPE and VIF plots had more uniform distribution of the fumigant through the soil profile than the water seals plots, especially 48 hours after … Continue reading →

If growers are to adopt alternative irrigation systems, understanding potential shifts in weed species’ composition will be critical to weed management. It is well documented that weed community composition can affect yields. The critical period of watergrass competition for rice … Continue reading →

Baker highlighted high competitive ability as a characteristic of invasive species, although his focus was on competition through “special means” such as allelopathy and choking growth . In practice, invasive plant species may coexist with and outcompete natives through a … Continue reading →

These standards have less meaning with the production of a new crop type, and thus create uncertainty and potential for conflict between tenants, landlords, and end-users seeking control over the production process. Landowners may want to ensure the crops or … Continue reading →

Moreover, field men visits can provide a source of information and a familiar contact through which producers could “negotiate contract terms, share technical information, estimate expected yields, and maintain a presence to ensure that the contract will be renewed” The use of field men … Continue reading →

It will be crucial to see if the benefits of NURTURE that I saw evidence for in my interviews carry over now that NURTURE is a module within Global G.A.P., or whether the character of those interactions and the high quality … Continue reading →

At the federal level, the US Food and Drug Administration establishes rules and sets general regulations that apply to all producers in all US states. In California, the California Department of Public Health and California Department of Food and Agriculture undertake guidance, inspection … Continue reading →

In the UK, high profile food safety concerns and a new focus on food safety began with the emergence of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or “mad cow” disease in British cattle from 1986 onward. The BSE crisis, along with and later scares … Continue reading →

Groups of thought and practice as disparate as the California organic movement, the Italian slow food movement, the eat-local phenomenon, low-carbon diets, geographically protected traditional denominations of origin like Champagne and Parma ham reflecting ideals of quality, and proponents of … Continue reading →