{"id":1113,"date":"2016-12-12T11:46:50","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T16:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallandt.wordpress.com\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2016-12-12T11:46:50","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T16:46:50","slug":"a-simple-tool-to-explore-alternative-weed-management-strategies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/weedecology\/2016\/12\/12\/a-simple-tool-to-explore-alternative-weed-management-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"A simple tool to explore alternative weed management strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bryan Brown, Ph.D. Candidate<\/p>\n<p>Eric Gallandt, Professor of Weed Ecology and Management<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Weed management philosophies and employed strategies have inherent tradeoffs.\u00a0 A surprising result from our field studies conducted in organic onion was the impressive performance of zero seed rain and mulch-based strategies, which performed better than expected even in the first year of use.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Below is a screenshot from the Excel-based decision aid, which can be downloaded <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/weedecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/354\/2016\/12\/final-decision-aid.xlsx\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1118\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/weedecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/354\/2016\/12\/picture1.png\" alt=\"Picture1.png\" width=\"717\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/weedecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/354\/2016\/12\/picture1.png 717w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/weedecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/354\/2016\/12\/picture1-300x246.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/weedecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/354\/2016\/12\/picture1-105x86.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/weedecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/354\/2016\/12\/picture1-317x260.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/weedecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/354\/2016\/12\/picture1-423x346.png 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/weedecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/354\/2016\/12\/picture1-634x519.png 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,717px\" \/>Requires Microsoft Excel. 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