**Meet the editor**

Dr. Ramalingam Radhakrishnan was born in India in 1982. He has received several research awards and fellowships during Doctor of Philosophy and made a significant contribution to the a*pplication of magnetic field on improvement of crop plants*. His research was honored by the Chinese Academy of Science by giving financial support to present his findings in an international con-

ference held in China. Professionally, he was employed as a post-doctoral researcher, research professor and assistant professor in different South Korean universities and research institutes. His major research finding is the utilization of microbes or elicitors to improve crop plant growth under environmental stress conditions and biological weed control. He has published several research and review papers as the main author in reputed journals, books and conferences.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Weed Control 1**

**Approach 17**

Martin Heide Jorgensen

Nunes de Carvalho Junior

**Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) 27**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Need of Bioherbicide for**

Chapter 2 **Overview of Biological Methods of Weed Control 5**

Chapter 3 **The Effect of Tillage on the Weed Control: An Adaptive**

Chapter 4 **Genetic Variation for Weed Competition and Allelopathy in**

Harsh Raman, Nawar Shamaya and James Pratley

Chapter 5 **Potentially Phytotoxic of Chemical Compounds Present in**

Chapter 6 **Production and Stabilization of Mycoherbicides 63** Alexander Berestetskiy and Sofia Sokornova

**Essential Oil for Invasive Plants Control: A Mini-Review 49** Mozaniel Santana de Oliveira, Wanessa Almeida da Costa, Priscila Nascimento Bezerra, Antonio Pedro da Silva Souza Filho and Raul

Ozoemena Ani, Ogbonnaya Onu, Gideon Okoro and Michael Uguru

Ramalingam Radhakrishnan
