Abstract
THE problem of weeds and their control or eradication is one which increases in importance with modern advances in agricultural practice. On land giving low returns, due to poor quality of the soil, poor cultivation or other factors, it may be uneconomic to adopt any intensive methods of weed control. On well-cultivated land, in good heart, and bearing heavy crops, it is justifiable and often profitable to expend considerable time and money in combating weeds in order to bring the reduction of crop due to competition to the lowest possible level. Much experimental work has been done and much written on the subject, and Messrs. Bobbins, Crafts and Raynor have rendered a great service by gathering into one volume a comprehensive survey of this field of activity.
Weed Control
A Textbook and Manual. By Prof. Wilfred W. Robbins, Prof. Alden S. Crafts and Richard N. Raynor. (McGraw-Hill Publications in the Agricultural Sciences.) Pp. xi + 543. (New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1942.) 35s.
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BRENCHLEY, W. WEED CONTROL. Nature 152, 314 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152314a0
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