However, because most weed populations generate effects that carry over to following years, an eco-nomically-defined action threshold that deals solely with impact in the current sea-son is …
Economic Threshold Weed Control Farming: Smart Decision Guide
Nov 15, 2025 · Adopting economic threshold weed control farming practices typically reduces herbicide costs while maintaining profitability. University research demonstrates that threshold …
Trait-based weed control decisions compared to economic thresholds …
Based on 25 winter wheat trials, Heitefuss et al. (1987) demonstrated that ex-ante weed control decisions using fixed economic thresholds resulted in a positive economic net return in …
(PDF) Economic threshold concept for weed management in …
Apr 7, 2021 · The economic threshold (ET) is one of the major decision-making frameworks for rationalizing herbicides use for better weed management while reducing environmental impacts.
Integrating Biodiversity Benefits of Weeds into the Economic Threshold ...
May 24, 2025 · The economic threshold indicates a weed density that will generate the same expenses with or without weed control. Given that both types of costs can be ex-ante …
Mastering Threshold Concepts in Weed Science
Jun 12, 2025 · By understanding economic thresholds and applying threshold concepts in weed management, farmers and agronomists can optimize crop yields, reduce unnecessary …
Meaningful analysis for economic weed management is currently limited by lack of understanding of weed population and spatial dynamics and problematic communication between weed …