Weed Abstracts

Overview

Weed Abstracts is a fully searchable abstracts database of internationally published weed and herbicide research.

Weed Abstracts brings you the latest information on weed biology, from genetics to ecology, including parasitic, poisonous, allergenic and aquatic weeds.

Derived from CAB Abstracts, the orginial applied life sciences database, Weed Abstracts covers all types of weed control in both crop and non-crop situations and the current research on herbicides, including formulations, herbicide resistance and the effects of herbicide residues in the environment.

Each week Weed Abstracts delivers all the new highly-targeted, searchable summaries covering key English and foreign language journal articles, reports, conferences and books about weeds and herbicides. Over 10,000 records are added to the database each year.

Weed Abstracts includes a fully searchable backfile to 1973. Over 209,000 research summaries bring a wealth of current and seminal research on weeds to your fingertips!

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Coverage

Weeds in crops, forests and non-crop environments
 

• All types of weeds are covered, including woody weeds and crop plants as weeds
• All aspects of weeds and their interactions with, and impacts on, other plants and the environment are encompassed
• All crops are featured, including
  • cereals
  • grain legumes
  • root crops
  • fodder plants
  • fruit crops
  • nut crops
  • vegetables
  • fibre crops
  • oil crops
  • ornamental plants
  • sugar crops
  • stimulant plants
  • rubber and industrial crops such as essential oil plants
  • culinary herbs
  • spices
  • dye plants
  • medicinal plants

• Weeds in forestry and non-crop habitats, such as
  • natural ecosystems like grasslands and wetlands
  • abandoned fields
  • railways
  • urban habitats
  • waste lands
  • water bodies

Weed biology
All sections of weed biology, including

• taxonomy and evolution
• life history
• reproduction
• development
• morphology and anatomy
• genetics
• physiology and biochemistry
• allelopathy
• ecology including weeds as hosts
• population dynamics and geographical distribution
• spread and invasions
• Checklists and floras are also included

Poisonous and allergenic weeds
Covering the biology and control of poisonous weeds, their effects on

• animals and man (including case reports)
• plant composition
• toxin analysis and experimental poisoning
• Pollen allergies
• pollen surveys
• allergen characterization and contact dermatitis
• Includes non-weed plant species commonly causing allergies

Parasitic weeds
Includes all parasitic plant species affecting crops and forest trees, their biology and control, including plant resistance.

Aquatic weeds
Covering the biology and control of

• emergent, floating and submerged weeds
• invasive algae
• cyanobacterial blooms

Weed control

• Biological control (including assessment of biological control agents, their biology and non-target effects)
• cultural control
• physical control
• integrated control
• chemical control
• quarantine
• legislation
• precision agriculture
• decision-making
• economic thresholds
• weed control as part of Integrated Crop Management

Herbicides
Covers new products, herbicide chemistry, including

• synthesis
• properties
• mode of action and biodegradation
• formulations
• adjuvants
• joint application
• environmental effects on herbicide activity
• usage
• herbicides and their residues in the environment
• effects on non-target organisms including man
• herbicide safety and herbicide resistance in weeds and crops
• Includes both traditional herbicides and algicides, and natural herbicidal compounds

Techniques, equipment and machinery
Includes equipment and techniques in

• precision agriculture
• global positioning systems
• geographical information systems
• computer software
• sprayers
• application methods
• weeding equipment
• bioassays and herbicide residue analysis

Weed utilization
Covers beneficial properties of weeds and their uses

• including medicinal
• antimicrobial and pesticidal properties
• uses as foods and feeds
• as biological indicators
• in phytoremediation of polluted water and land

Updates to this list are produced monthly. Designation of Open Access publications are currently available in the downloadable version.

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