Published November 21, 2025 | Version v1
Dataset Embargoed

Alternative Tactics to Herbicides in Integrated Weed Management: a Europe-centered systematic literature review

Creators

  • 1. ROR icon University of Pisa
  • 2. ROR icon Agricultural University of Athens
  • 3. ROR icon University of Coimbra
  • 4. RSK ADAS Ltd
  • 5. Ifv French Institute La Vigne Et Du Vin
  • 6. Agrovast
  • 7. ROR icon Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
  • 8. LBTU IPPR "Agrihorts"
  • 9. ROR icon Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies

Description

This dataset underpins a systematic review of alternative weed-control tactics to herbicides across major cropping systems in the EU-27 and the UK (2013–2022) conducted whithin the Horizon Europe Oper8 project. Each record reports the study’s bibliographic details and the integrated weed management (IWM) tactic(s) investigated, coded according to the IWMPRAISE framework.

  • Search source: Scopus

  • Classification framework whithin five Pillars:

    1. Direct control

    2. Field and soil management

    3. Cultivar choice and crop establishment

    4. Diverse cropping systems

    5. Monitoring and evaluation

Purpose
To provide an overview of current knowledge on non-herbicide weed-control options, quantify how extensively IWM tactics have been investigated, and highlight evidence gaps to guide future research priorities.

Contents
Bibliographic metadata for included studies are: IWM Pillar; IWM Tactic; ID; Authors; Year; Authors_year; Title; DOI; URL; COUNTRY; CROP TYPE; DESCRIPTION OF TESTED TACTIC; DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE SYSTEM; REFERENCE SYSTEM TYPE;

Keywords
Integrated Weed Management; alternative weed control; IWMPRAISE; Oper8; systematic review; dataset, scientific publications, non-chemical weed control, diversification, field trial;

Files

Embargoed

The files will be made publicly available on March 31, 2026.

Reason: The data has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal

Additional details

Funding

European Commission
Oper8 - European Thematic Network for unlocking the full potential of Operational Groups on alternative weed control 101060591