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Third Edition

Professor Dr Andrew H. Cobb

Formerly Emeritus Professor of Plant Science, Dean of Academic Affairs and Director of Research at Harper Adams University, Shropshire, UK

This edition first published 2022

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Edition History (1e, 1992) Andrew Cobb, published by Chapman and Hall (2e, 2010) A.H. Cobb and J.P.H. Reade, published by Wiley‐Blackwell

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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data

Names: Cobb, Andrew, author.

Title: Herbicides and plant physiology / Professor Dr Andrew H. Cobb, formerly Emeritus Professor of Plant Science, Dean of Academic Affairs and Director of Research at Harper Adams University, Shropshire, UK.

Description: Third edition. | Hoboken, NJ : Wiley‐Blackwell, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021031562 (print) | LCCN 2021031563 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119157694 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119157717 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119157700 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Plants–Effect of herbicides on. | Plant physiology. | Herbicides–Physiological effect. | Weeds–Control.

Classification: LCC SB951.4 .C63 2021 (print) | LCC SB951.4 (ebook) | DDC 632/.954–dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021031562LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021031563

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Cover Image: courtesy of Dr J P H Reade

He who has bread may have many troubles; he who lacks it has only one.

(Byzantine proverb)

A peasant must stand for a long time on a hillside with his mouth open before a roast duck flies in.

(Chinese proverb)

The origin of the word herbicide is a combination of the Latin words herba (noun, herbaceous plant) and caedere (verb, to kill; R.L. Zimdhal, Weed Science 17, 137–139, (1969).

It is now 30 years since the first edition of this book was published and so it is timely to reflect on herbicide use and the environmental consequences of their use. While we now have fewer products in our agrochemical armoury, farmers and growers have become dependent on fewer active ingredients, and glyphosate dominates the global market. This third edition aims to update the reader on how herbicides contribute to modern agriculture, how they are discovered and developed, and how they interact with plant growth and development and the environment. Since the publication of the second edition in 2010 there have been many advances in our understanding of plant physiology, especially regarding how plants function in tune with their ever‐changing environment and how post‐translational modifications provide regulatory control of most plant processes. Modern agriculture, however, still faces many challenges.