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Herbicide resistance: Promises and prospects of biodiversity for European agriculture

Herbicide resistance: Promises and prospects of biodiversity for European agriculture Diverse opinion papers related tothe question whether environmental benefits canbe achieved by the herbicide resistancetechnique have been published. But onlylong-term and large-scale field tests usingdifferent weed control methods and additionalagricultural vegetation surveys make itpossible to compare biodiversity effects ofdifferent strategies. A description of theamounts and frequencies of herbicideapplications, their direct and indirecteffects, and the impacts of farming practiceproves that the cropping history oftencompensates effects of an actual farmingpractice. The decline of beneficial plantspecies with all its negative side effects onbiodiversity will continue. Long-termstrategies including improved integratedfarming, managing field boundary structures,and the reintroduction of seed dispersalmechanisms are necessary in order to reversethe trend. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Agriculture and Human Values Springer Journals

Herbicide resistance: Promises and prospects of biodiversity for European agriculture

Agriculture and Human Values , Volume 20 (3) – Oct 6, 2004

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2003 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subject
Philosophy; Ethics; Agricultural Economics; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; History, general; Evolutionary Biology
ISSN
0889-048X
eISSN
1572-8366
DOI
10.1023/A:1026108900945
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Abstract

Diverse opinion papers related tothe question whether environmental benefits canbe achieved by the herbicide resistancetechnique have been published. But onlylong-term and large-scale field tests usingdifferent weed control methods and additionalagricultural vegetation surveys make itpossible to compare biodiversity effects ofdifferent strategies. A description of theamounts and frequencies of herbicideapplications, their direct and indirecteffects, and the impacts of farming practiceproves that the cropping history oftencompensates effects of an actual farmingpractice. The decline of beneficial plantspecies with all its negative side effects onbiodiversity will continue. Long-termstrategies including improved integratedfarming, managing field boundary structures,and the reintroduction of seed dispersalmechanisms are necessary in order to reversethe trend.

Journal

Agriculture and Human ValuesSpringer Journals

Published: Oct 6, 2004

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