Targeted cattle grazing as an alternative to herbicides for controlling weeds in bird-friendly oil palm plantations

• Main Authors: Tohiran, Kamil A., Nobilly, Frisco, Zulkifli, Raja, Maxwell, Thomas, Moslim, Ramle, Azhar, Badrul
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Paris 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63381/1/Targeted%20cattle%20grazing%20as%20an%20alternative%20to%20herbicides%20for%20controlling%20weeds%20in%20bird-friendly%20oil%20palm%20plantations.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63381/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13593-017-0471-5

The use of agrochemicals is expected to increase with the global expansion of oil palm plantations. In line with environmentally sustainable palm oil certification, targeted grazing can minimize the dependency on herbicides for controlling weeds in plantations. Here, we show for the first time that...