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Chemical herbicides have been the mainstay for weed control practices in the United States since the end of World War II and are responsible for much of the unparalleled increased crop productivity that has occurred during this period (38). The high costs involved in developing and registering chemical herbicides and recent trends in environmental awareness have prompted researchers to investigate alternative systems of weed control. Ideally, such a system would control target weeds at or near the same levels as that achieved with chemical herbicides, while at the same time not posing a threat to either the environment or nontarget organisms.
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Boyette, C.D., Quimby, P.C., Connick, W.J., Daigle, D.J., Fulgham, F.E. (1991). Progress in the Production, Formulation, and Application of Mycoherbicides. In: TeBeest, D.O. (eds) Microbial Control of Weeds. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9680-6_12
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