Nov 15, 2025 · The foundation of economic threshold weed control farming rests on three critical factors: weed density per square foot, expected yield loss percentage, and control cost versus crop value.

Jun 12, 2025 · By understanding economic thresholds and applying threshold concepts in weed management, farmers and agronomists can optimize crop yields, reduce unnecessary herbicide …

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.

Thus to determine the important economic factors I shall firstly scan through the models available, outline what the farmer needs or wants, then re-turn to the factors of influence.

Meaningful analysis for economic weed management is currently limited by lack of understanding of weed population and spatial dynamics and problematic communication between weed scientists and …

Action threshold is the point at which some control action is initiated, and usually includes economic considerations along with other less tangible factors such as aesthetics, risk aversion, or sociological …

The following reading analyses the impacts of weed control or the failure to control weeds and shows how these affect producers, other land owners and the public.