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Mohammad Taghi Alebrahim1 \*, Rouzbeh Zangoueinejad1 and Te Ming Tseng2

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1 Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

2 Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA.

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Herbicide-resistant weeds are a crucial topic in agriculture. Growers need to interchange weed management techniques thus prolonging the development of herbicide-resistance in weeds. Defiantly, the important and effective approaches to manage the herbicide-resistant weeds are prevention of weed emergence, integrated application of all available options to

Nowadays, Herbicide-resistant crops have transformed the weed management strategy of many growers. Herbicide-resistant or - tolerant crops have helped farmers to manage weeds more comfortable to meet the growing demands for human food, fiber, and fuel and animal feed. The advent and development of herbicide-resistant crops has provided conditions to minimize production losses because of weed infestation. Generally, growers need intelligent management approaches to maximize the long-term benefits of this technology and reduce

\*, Rouzbeh Zangoueinejad1

1 Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources,

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