Principles and Practices of Weed Management

1. Introduction 
2. Weed biology and ecology 
3 Classification of weeds 
4 Crop weed competition and allelopathy 
5. Principles and methods of weed control 
6. Weed indices 
7. Weed shifts in different ecosystems 
8. History of herbicide development 
9. Herbicide classification 
10. Mode and mechanism of action of herbicides 
11. Selectivity 
12. Herbicide structure activity relationship
13. Factors affecting efficiency of herbicides
14. Herbicide formulations 
15. Herbicide combinations
16. Potential approaches in herbicides
17. Movement and degradation of herbicides in soil and plants
18 Herbicide resistance in weeds and crops
19 Weed management in major crops and cropping systems
20. Alien, invasive and parasitic weeds
21. Aquatic and perennial weed control 
23. Integrated weed management
24. Recent developments in weed management
25. Cost: benefit analysis of weed management
Summary
Objective type questions
Review questions
References
Structures of Herbicides
Registered Herbicides
References 
Appendix I 
Appendix II