Further reading and contacts
HGCA publications
Topic Sheet 24 - Dormancy and persistence
of volunteer oilseed rape
http://www.hgca.com/content.search/4/4/Site%20Search/Site%20Search/Redirect.mspx?fn=redirect&pubId=444&scope=search&langOptions=1
Topic Sheet 100 - Effective, sustainable
Italian rye-grass control in winter cereals
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Information Sheet 02 - Pre-harvest
glyphosate application to wheat and barley
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Information Sheet 03 - Herbicide-resistant
black-grass: managing risk with fewer options
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Information Sheet 06 - Control of
ALS-resistant chickweed and poppy in cereals
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Information Sheet 07 - Identification and
control of brome grasses
http://www.hgca.com/content.search/4/4/Site%20Search/Site%20Search/Redirect.mspx?fn=redirect&pubId=6156&scope=search&langOptions=1
Oilseed rape – a grower’s guide (HGCA 2005)
http://www.hgca.com/content.search/4/4/Site%20Search/Site%20Search/Redirect.mspx?fn=redirect&pubId=1957&scope=search&langOptions=1
Managing and preventing herbicide
resistance in weeds (HGCA/WRAG Guidelines 2003)
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Weed identification
Chancellor, R.J. The identification of weed seedlings of farm and garden ,1966, Blackwell Scientific Publications
Clapham, A.R., Tutin,
T.G. and Warburg, E.F., Excursion flora
of the British Isles,1985,
Cambridge University Press
Fitter R, Fitter A, and Blamey,M., The Wild
Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe 1974, Collins
Fitter, R., Fitter, A., and Farrer, A. Grasses,
sedges, rushes and ferns of Britain and Northern Europe,1984 ,Harper
Collins
Hanf, M. 1983 The Arable Weeds of Europe with their seedlings and seeds 1983 BASF
Rose, F. The wild flower key ,1981,
Penguin
Tutin T.N., Umbellifers of the British Isles, 1980, BSBI Handbook no 2 54
Horticultural development council , 2008, Weed
Identification Guide
Williams, J. B. and Morrison J. R. ADAS
Colour Atlas of Weed Seedlings 1987 Wolfe Publishing
Wilson, P., and King, M. Arable Plants - a
Field Guide 2003 English Nature
Background reading
Britt et al.2003 The Herbicide Handbook: Guidance on the use of herbicides on nature
conservation sites English Nature isbn 1857167465
Carvell,C. Pywell,
R. Smart, S. and Roy ,D.(2001) DEFRA contract no: BD1617 R. Pywell,
S. Smart and D. Roy (2001) 'Restoration
and management of bumblebee habitat on arable farmland: literature review'
Cavers, P.B. and Harper,
J.L. Rumex obtusifolius and R.crispus
L. LC (Ed 11), No 1686, List Br. Vasc. Pl. (1958) No. 325. 12 1964 Journal of Ecology 52 737-754
Froud-Williams, R. J. and Lutman,
P.J.W. A biological framework for developing a
weed management support system for weed control in winter wheat: weed seed
biology 1999 Meeting to determine the
future priorities and strategy for UK public-funded weed research to
improve weed control decisions MAFF 8
Grime, J.P., Hodgson, J. G. & Hunt, R. Comparative Plant Ecology 1988 Unwin
Gwynne, D.C. and Murray, R.B. Weed biology and control in agriculture
and horticulture 1985 Batsford academic and
educational
Hubbard, C.E. Grasses 1984 Pelican
Lutman, P. J. W, Tucker, G., G., and Broad, H. Standard Descriptions of
Growth Stages of Annual Dicotyledonous Weeds 1987 Annals of Applied Biology 110
Marshall, J., Brown, V., Boatman, N., Lutman, P. and Squire, G. The impact of herbicides on weed abundance
and biodiversity. Report PN0940 2001 MAFF
Preston, C.D.,
Pearman, D.A., and Dines, T.D. New
Atlas of the British and Irish Flora 2002 Oxford University
Press
Roberts, H. A.Weed Control Handbook, Seventh Edition 1982 BCPC/Blackwell
Salisbury, E. Weeds and Aliens 1961
Collins
Schering A.G, Weeds in sugar beet 1989
Stace, C. New flora of the British
Isles 1997 Cambridge University Press
Tottman, D. R., and Broad, H. The Decimal Code for the Growth Stages of Cereals With Illustrations 1987 Annals of Applied Biology 110
UK Pesticide guides
Biodiversity
Enhancing Arable Biodiversity – six
practical solutions for farmers (SAFFIE 2007)
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Websites:
HGCA website: http://www.hgca.com/content.template/0/0/Home/Home/Home.mspx
BASF :www.agriCentre.co.uk
Defra: http://www.defra.gov.uk
Ecological Flora of the British
Isles: http://www.york.ac.uk/res/ecoflora/cfm/ecofl/index.cfm
Chemicals Regulation Directorate http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
Duke, J. A. Handbook of Energy Crops 1983 (url-http://www.hort.purdue.edu
)
Garden organic- organic weed management; http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/organicweeds/index.php
Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni and
Luis M. Hernández HOSTS - a database of the hostplants of the world's Lepidoptera url:
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/hostplants/#1 National History
Museum
Defra reports-Available from
defra website - www.defra.gov.uk
PT0208 (1996) - Genetic variation in
resistance to herbicides - variability in herbicide performance
PT0209 (1997) - Susceptibility of arable
weeds to herbicides
PT0211 (2001) - Developing strategies for
reducing the risk from herbicide-resistant wild-oats
PT0217/8 (2000) - Herbicide resistance in
black-grass and wild-oats