Preface

This handbook is designed to help scholars understand the fundamentals of weeds, including their concept, characteristics, and importance in agriculture. The book covers all of the topics pertinent to integrated weed management in principal field crops. The topics include the core aspects of weeds, which encompass their survey, identification, collection, and preservation, as well as ecology and biology, along with integrated weed management techniques in some essential field crops such as rice, wheat, sorghum, pearl millet, maize, sugarcane, cotton, oil seeds, and various pulses grown in the Indian subcontinent. Readers in the field of agriculture may also benefit from the book since it contains fundamental knowledge on various herbicides and how they can be used effectively to get superior outcomes in yield and production. It serves as a foundational book for undergraduate and postgraduate students majoring in agriculture. Additionally, the book covers many facets of agriculture that are essential to learning. The main objective of writing this book is to induce better understanding in learners whose knowledge of the subject is new and who come into this line of work from various other streams of basic sciences. We strongly believe that this handbook will serve the greatest number of researchers, academicians, master trainers, and extension functionaries in providing comprehensive weed control approaches.