Extension Resources - Horticulture - Weed Control

• NEW!! Experiment, and Watch for New Developments in Organic Weed Management (eXtension)
• NEW!! Tools for minimising laborious hand-weeding in row crops (ICROFS)
• NEW!! Steel in the Field: A Farmer’s Guide to Weed Management Tools (SARE)

• Biological Control Guide (Cornell)
• Biological weed control
• The Canadian Farm Business Management Council's Organic Agriwebinars
  Please note: Registration with Agriwebinars is needed to view these online video presentations
  • Innovative Concepts & Techniques for Successful Weed Management in Organic Cropping with Charles Merfield, COABC Seminar Series 2009
• Design the Cropping System to Minimize Niches for Weed Growth (eXtension)
• A Farmer's Innovative Equipment for Organic No-till
• Fertility and weed management in organic highbush blueberry production (OACC)

• Field vegetable production: Using cover crops for weed management (AAFC)
• Flaming as a Method of Weed Control in Organic Farming Systems (Michigan State University's Organic Farming Exchange)
• How Cover Crops Suppress Weeds (eXtension)
• Indigenous fungus (Phoma macrostoma) exhibiting selective broadleaf weed control is being developed as a biological aid for the prevention of weeds in turf
• Manage the Weed Seed Bank—Minimize "Deposits" and Maximize "Withdrawals" (eXtension)
• Manipulating Weed Seed Banks to Promote their Decline (eXtension)
• NEW!! Mulching for Weed Management in Organic Vegetable Production (eXtension)

• New website (organicweeds.org.uk) aims to be a primary resource on weed management for organic farms, reporting on the latest weed information, weeding techniques and weed research.
• Organic No-Till
• Organic and Sustainable Weed Control (MOSES)
• An Organic Weed Control Toolbox (eXtension)
• Promoting Weed Seed Predation and Decay (eXtension)
• Put the Weeds Out of Work—Grow Cover Crops! (eXtension)
• Reducing Herbicides in Strawberries by Exploring Alternative Production Systems

• Thermal Weed Control for Organic Production
• Twelve Steps Toward Ecological Weed Management in Organic Vegetables (eXtension)
• Using cellulose sheeting to control pests and weeds in organic apple orchards (OACC)
• Weed Control in Organic Vegetable Cultivation
  • European extension guide (pdf format) from the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)
• Weed Management in Annual Cropping Systems (COABC)
• Weeds Are Vital to the Existence of Farmland Species, Study Finds (Science Daily)
  • See the research abstract
• What are your weeds costing you? (OACC)
• Weed Management for Organic Producers (SOD)