Abstract

QUINTERO-PERTUZ, IRMA  and  CARBONO-DELAHOZ, EDUINO. Outlook of weeds management in banana crops in the Magdalena department, Colombia. rev.colomb.cienc.hortic. [online]. 2015, vol.9, n.2, pp.329-340. ISSN 2011-2173.  https://doi.org/10.17584/rcch.2015v9i2.4188.

In banana crops in the Magdalena department, weed management is primarily done through the application of herbicides, whose intensive and continuous use has led to the contamination of water sources, sediment and marine ecosystems, affecting the biodiversity and human health. Given the increasing occurrence of herbicide-resistant weeds and public pressure to reduce pesticide use, it is necessary to adjust the control techniques and methods in order to increase production and improve the product quality and welfare of farmers in line with the environment. A new approach that sees the crop as an agroecosystem and weeds as a part of it needs to understand the biology and ecophysiology, as well as the resulting interference and losses. In this article, the current situation of weed management is described for banana plantations along with the need to promote the development of research programs in weed science that will contribute to the adoption of techniques that are effective and environmentally acceptable.

Keywords : weed control; herbicides; integrated management; agroecosystems.

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