History of Weed Science in the United States

Preface


Chapter 1. Reasons for writing a history of weed science in the U.S.


Chapter II. The development of entomology and plant pathology and their societies in comparison to weed science.


Chapter III. Beginning the study of weeds


Chapter IV. The founders of weed science and weed science societies.


Chapter V. Creation and development of university weed science programs.


Chapter VI. Development of herbicides after 1945


Chapter VII. The creation and development of weed societies


Chapter VIII. Weed science and changes in agricultural practice.


Chapter IX. Weed science and the agrochemical industry.


Chapter X. The consequences of weed science’s pattern of development.


Author Information
By Robert L Zimdahl, Professor Emeritus Dept of Biagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA