Book ID: 28640
SAGHIR, Abdur Rahman B. and Shankat Ali CHAUDHARY
Weed Control Handbook for Saudi Arabia. (no date, approx. 1986). many colour photographs. 254 p. (124 pages in English, remainder in Arabic).
Contents (partly): Introduction/ Methods of Weed Control (Preventivemethods/ Mechanical methods/ Cultural methods/ Biological methods/Chemical methods/ Integrated weed control/ Eradication)/ HerbicideClassification/, Selectivity and Formulations (Classification/Selectivity/ Formulations)/ Application Techniques (Spraying andsprayers/ New and non-conventional methods)/ Weed-Crops Associations andRecommendations for Control (Small grain cereals (wheat, barley)/Agronomic crops (sorghum, millets and cotton)/ Forage crops (alfalfa,Rhodes grass)/ Vegetable crops (solanaceous, root, legume, others)/Fruit trees and vineyards (date palms, citrus, pomegranate, figs,olives, bananas, coffee, grapes)/ Lawns and ornamentals (grasses,dichondra, ornamentals)/ Aquatic weeds (emergent, floating, submerged)/Glossary/ Index/ References/ Appendix I: Conversion table: English andmetric systems/ Appendix II: Arabic, common, trade and chemical names,with mammalian toxicities of herbicides mentioned in this handbook.