Scott Curtis Merrill
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 245
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Spatially explicit RWA density models will enable management actions to be focused on locations and times when the risk of economic damage is high. Use of this research for forecasting spatially explicit RWA densities, as well as increasing knowledge on initial and boundary conditions, will facilitate directed scouting, precision agricultural techniques, and within-field management practices for control of RWA. Adoption of these practices and techniques has the potential to reduce pesticide inputs, allow for more judicious use of resistant cultivars (when they become available), increase natural enemy refuges, and reduce pesticide exposure to agricultural workers and consumers.