A recently published article in the journal Weed Science shows electric control technologies can eradicate weeds just as effectively as herbicides or mechanical methods, with minimal risks to the crop ...

Every year, many Kenyan farmers toil for months only to see their crops yield little or nothing due to the weeds menace. Traditional hoes and expensive chemicals, which most farmers rely on for weed ...

Miranda Slaven (left) and Catherine Borger (right) investigated electric weed control with a Zasso TM XPower machine. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

A novel hybrid system that combines a specialist conductive spray solution and electric current is aiming to improve on the work rate and efficiency of existing electrical weed control designs. The ...

Fred Kironde is a farmer in Luweero District. He grows a variety of crops such as beans, cow peas and sunflower, among other crops. In November 2017, Kironde bought a weeding machine to save on the ...

Warwickshire-based RootWave has secured a useful capital injection to help roll out its patented electric weed zapping technology. The $15m (£11m) funding boost for RootWave, which includes $3m (£2.2m ...