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Economic Barriers to Herbicide-Resistance Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Terrance M. Hurley  and
George Frisvold
Terrance M. Hurley*
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota, 231 Ruttan Hall, St. Paul, MN 55108
George Frisvold
Affiliation:
The University of Arizona, 319 Chávez Building, Tucson, AZ 85721
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Herbicide-resistant weeds are the result of evolutionary processes that make it easy to think about the problem from a purely biological perspective. Yet, the act of weed management, guided by human production of food and fiber, drives this biological process. Thus, the problem is socioeconomic as well as biological. The purpose of this article is to explain how well-known socioeconomic phenomena create barriers to herbicide-resistance management and highlight important considerations for knocking down these barriers. The key message is that the multidimensional problem requires a multifaceted approach that recognizes differences among farmers; engages the regulatory, academic, extension, seed and chemical suppliers, and farmer communities; and aligns the diverse interests of the members of these communities with a common goal that benefits all—more sustainable weed management. It also requires an adaptive approach that transitions from moreuniform and costly standards and incentives, which can be effective in the near-term but are unsustainable, to more-targeted and less-costly approaches that are sustainable in the long term.

Keywords

Herbicide resistance managementnonmonetary benefitstragedy of the commonsuncertaintyweed management
Type
Research Article
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Weed Science , Volume 64 , Issue S1: Special Issue: Human Dimensions of Herbicide Resistance , 2016 , pp. 585 - 594
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Copyright © 2016 by the Weed Science Society of America

Footnotes

Associate Editor for this paper: Sarah Ward, Colorado State University.

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