Round table:

Present situation of weed science in

Mediterranean climate areas

B. Rubin, E. Pannacci, J. Recasens, A. Uludag

JOINT WORKSHOP OF THE EWRS WORKING GROUPS:Weed management in arid and semi-arid climate and

Weed management systems in vegetables4-8 September 2011

Huesca, Spain

• Students enrolment going down?

• How we can attract young scientists to weed science???

• Funds availability

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Weed education and research in the region

• Conventional Agriculture – Organic Agriculture

• Diversity and Variability : climate, soils, rotations…..

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The place of farming and weed control methods in the Mediterranean region

• Irrigated crops → crop rotations; soil texture

• Non-irrigated crops → arid and semi arid → perennials, parasitic weeds

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Special climate – special problems (arid and semi-arid zone)

• Physical methods

• Chemical methods

• Precision Agriculture

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Methods in use in the region

• Need for a update and complete list of herbicides authorised

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Herbicide registration in Europe and its effect on the region (outside of Europe) policy