Automation: The Future of Weed Control in Cropping Systems

Forward; Simon BlackmorePreface; Stephen L. YoungAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Scope of the Problem - Rising Costs and Demand for EnvironmentalSafety for Weed Control; Stephen L. Young, Francis J. Pierce, and Pete NowakPart I Agricultural Production SystemsCurrent State of Organic and Conventional Cropping Systems; Alec F. McErlich and Rick A. BoydstonPart II Principles and Merging of Engineering and Weed ScienceEngineering Advancements; John K. SchuellerPlant Morphology and the Critical Period of Weed Control; J. Anita DilleThe Biological Engineer: Sensing the Difference between Crops and Weeds; David C. SlaughterPart III Primary Weed Control Tools for AutomationPrecision Planting and Crop Thinning; Scott A. Shearer and Santosh K. PitlaAutomated Mechanical Weeding; M. Taufik Ahmad, Lie Tang, and Brian L. StewardTargeted and Micro-Dose Chemical Applications; Stephen L. Young and D. Ken GilesPart IV Field ApplicationsField Applications of Automated Weed Control: Western Hemisphere; Steven A. Fennimore, Bradley D. Hanson, Lynn M. Sosnoskie, Jayesh B. Samtani, Avishek Datta, Stevan Z. Knezevic, and Mark C. SiemensField Applications of Automated Weed Control: Northwest Europe; Jan Willem Hofstee and Ard T. NieuwenhuizenField Applications of Automated Weed Control: Asia; Hiroshi Okamoto, Yumiko Suzuki, and Noboru NoguchiPart V Economies for Automated Weed ControlEconomics of Technology for Precision Weed Control in Conventional and Organic Systems; Florian Diekmann and Marvin T. BatteFuture Adoption of Automation in Weed Control; Josse De BaerdemaekerAutomation for Weed Control in Least Developing Countries (LDCs); Renan Aguero, Noel M. Estwick, and Edgar GutierrezPart VI Future DirectionsFuture Directions for Automated Weed Management in Precision Agriculture; Stephen L. Young, George E. Meyer, Wayne WoldtAppendixGlossaryIndex