Content: Classroom module 1 (half day) –

• The major groups of annual narrow crop weeds (broadleaf weeds and graminoids);
  • How to identify different weeds throughout their life cycle and why it is important to know what you are trying to control
  • Weed biology and ecology
• An overview of control methods,
  • Use of chemicals for weed management; how different herbicides work and why this is important
  • Non-chemical control measures such as crop genetics, cover crops, crop rotation, managing the seed bank and cultural control

Classroom module 2 (half day) –

• The development of herbicide resistant weeds, how certain weeds become a persistent problem
• The environmental consequences of weed control, such as pollution and soil erosion
• Novel IWM strategies, how these can achieve weed control and help preserve currently working herbicides
• Examples of IWM from around Europe, as part of the wider IWMPRAISE project
• Research questions for the future
• Developing an IWM plan and how to measure success