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Ecology and management of an exotic weed Phalaris minor

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Conclusion

P. minor is an alien weed with serious environmental and economic consequences. Although there is appreciable progress in the area of P. minor management through herbicides, its ecology still needs to be explored. Vilà et al. [57] suggested that there is a need to assess and quantify the impact of alien species at several levels of ecological complexity in order to gain influence in their management and control. Several herbicides are available for P. minor control (Tab. 2); however, the joint action of herbicides with different molecular targets to P. minor management has not been well investigated.

There is a need to utilize an integrated approach that combines ecological and agronomic aspects to design better P. minor management. Possible avenues of future research are: 1) use of novel selective herbicides, 2) mixtures of herbicides with different molecular targets, 3) crop rotation, zero tillage, narrow row spacing, early sowing, and improved straw management, and iv) allelopathic wheat cultivars. Questions addressing the ecology of P. minor include: 1) what makes a habitat favorable for P. minor; 2) what characteristics of P. minor make it successful in wheat fields; and 3) why it is not escaping its field boundaries?

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Kaushik, S., Blackshaw, R.E., Inderjit (2005). Ecology and management of an exotic weed Phalaris minor . In: Inderjit (eds) Invasive Plants: Ecological and Agricultural Aspects. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7380-6_11

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