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Climate Change Impacts on Crop–Weed Interaction and Eerbicide efficacy


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1 ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur 482 004, India
2 ICAR-Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry 533 105, India
 

Weeds are likely to show more resilience and adaptation to rising carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration and temperature than crops because of their diverse gene pool and greater physiological plasticity. In agroecosystems, C3 and C4 plants exhibit varied responses to elevated CO2 (eCO2) and temperature (eTem), which can impact the crop–weed competition and efficacy of herbicides. Most C3 plants respond positively to eCO2 by increasing their photosynthetic rate and biomass production. Weeds compete with crops for nutrients, water and light, and considerably reduce yield and quality of the produce. Hence more attention is needed on crop–weed interaction and management under changing climate to ensure sustainable agricultural production. This study emphasizes on the impacts of climate change on crop–weed interaction, herbicide efficacy and weed flora shift, and also highlights the research gaps for further studies.

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Carbon Dioxide Concentration, Climate Change, Crop–Weed Interaction, Elevated Temperature, Herbicide Efficacy, Weed Flora Shif.
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Authors

D. Sreekanth
ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur 482 004, India
D. V. Pawar
ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur 482 004, India
J. S. Mishra
ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur 482 004, India
V. S. G. R. Naidu
ICAR-Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry 533 105, India

Abstract


Weeds are likely to show more resilience and adaptation to rising carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration and temperature than crops because of their diverse gene pool and greater physiological plasticity. In agroecosystems, C3 and C4 plants exhibit varied responses to elevated CO2 (eCO2) and temperature (eTem), which can impact the crop–weed competition and efficacy of herbicides. Most C3 plants respond positively to eCO2 by increasing their photosynthetic rate and biomass production. Weeds compete with crops for nutrients, water and light, and considerably reduce yield and quality of the produce. Hence more attention is needed on crop–weed interaction and management under changing climate to ensure sustainable agricultural production. This study emphasizes on the impacts of climate change on crop–weed interaction, herbicide efficacy and weed flora shift, and also highlights the research gaps for further studies.

Keywords


Carbon Dioxide Concentration, Climate Change, Crop–Weed Interaction, Elevated Temperature, Herbicide Efficacy, Weed Flora Shif.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv124%2Fi6%2F686-692