1. EWRS Working Group Weed Management Systems in Vegetables Euro Pannacci University of Perugia Dept. of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences Perugia, Italy E-mail: pannacci@unipg.it

2. AIMS - collecting and disseminating information and results on weeds and weed control strategies in vegetables, - identifying gaps in knowledge, - focusing new research projects, - encouraging collaborative research programme

3. WG Meetings 1991 - Lisbona, Portugal 1993 - Logroño, Spain 1997 - Perugia, Italy 1999 - Basel, Switzerland (EWRS Symposium) 2001 - Zaragoza, Spain 2002 - Papendal, The Netherlands (EWRS Symposium) 2003 - Skierniewice, Poland 2005 - Bari, Italy (EWRS Symposium) 2007 - Hamar, Norway (EWRS Symposium) 2010 - Kaposvár, Hungary (EWRS Symposium)

4. Vegetable crops ONIONS PROCESSING TOMATOES CARROTS PEAS CABBAGES LETTUCE PEPPERS ……….

5. Collaborative papers TEI F., ASCARD J., BAUMANN D.T., CAUSSANEL J.P., DOBRZANSKI A., FROUD-WILLIAMS R.J., KLEIFELD Y., PARDO IGLESIAS A., ROCHA F., RUUTTUNEN P., RZOZI R.S., SANSEOVIC T., SUSO L. (1999A) WEEDS AND WEED MANAGEMENT IN ONION - A REVIEW. PROC. 11TH EWRS SYMPOSIUM, BASEL, SWITZERLAND, 28 JUNE - 1 JULY 1999, 131. TEI F., BAUMANN D.T., DOBRZANSKI A., GIOVINAZZO R., KLEIFELD Y., ROCHA F., RZOZI R.S., SANSEOVIC T., ZARAGOZA C. (1999B) WEEDS AND WEED MANAGEMENT IN TOMATO - A REVIEW. PROC. 11TH EWRS SYMPOSIUM, BASEL, SWITZERLAND, 28 JUNE - 1 JULY 1999, 132. TEI F., BAUMANN D.T, BLEEKER P., DOBRZANSKI A., ECONOMOU G., FOGELBERG F., FROUD-WILLIAMS R.J., HOEK H., MELANDER B., ROCHA F., RUUTTUNEN P., RZOZI S.B., SANSEOVIC T., SIMONCIC A., TORMA M., UYGUR F.N., VAN DER WEIDE R., VERSCHWELE A., VILLENEUVE F., ZARAGOZA C. (2002B). WEEDS AND WEED MANAGEMENT IN CARROTS - A REVIEW. PROC. 12TH EWRS SYMPOSIUM, WAGENINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS, 24-27 JUNE 2002, 14-15. TEI F., MONTEMURRO P., BAUMANN D.T., DOBRZANSKI A., GIOVINAZZO R., KLEIFELD Y., ROCHA F., RZOZI R.S., SANSEOVIC T., SIMONCIC A., ZARAGOZA C. (2003) WEEDS AND WEED MANAGEMENT IN PROCESSING TOMATO. PROC. 8TH ISHS SYMPOSIUM ON PROCESSING TOMATO, ISTANBUL, TURKEY, 8-10 JUNE 2002 - ACTA HORTICULTURAE 613, 111-121. ULUDAG A., BOHOREN C., BULCKE R., DEMIRCI M., DOBRZANSKI A., FROUD-WILLIAMS R.J., HOEK H., ROCHA F., STAGNARI F., TEI F., VERSCHWELE A., ZARAGOZA C. (2003A). WEEDS AND WEED MANAGEMENT IN PEAS - A REVIEW. PROC. 7TH EWRS MEDITERRANEAN SYMPOSIUM, ADANA, TURKEY, 6-9 MAY 2003, 15-16. ULUDAG A., BOHREN C., BULCKE R., DEMIRCI M., DOBRZANSKI A., FROUD-WILLIAMS R. J., HOEK H., ROCHA F., STAGNARI F., TEI F., VERSCHWELE A., ZARAGOZA C. (2003B) A REVIEW OF WEED CONTROL MANAGEMENT IN PEAS. VEGETABLE CROPS RESEARCH BULLETTIN 59, 5-16. TEI F., PANNACCI E., CIRUJEDA A., DOBRZANSKI A., FROUD-WILLIAMS R.J., NEUWEILER R., ROCHA F., RUUTTUNEN P., SANSEOVIC T., SIMONCIC A., TORMA M., VAN DER WEIDE R., VERSCHWELE A., ZARAGOZA C. (2005). WEEDS AND WEED MANAGEMENT IN CABBAGES - A REVIEW. PROC. 13TH EWRS SYMPOSIUM, BARI, ITALY, 20-23 JUNE 2005. TEI F., CIRUJEDA A., DOBRZANSKI A., FROUD-WILLIAMS R.J., MENNAN H., NEUWEILER R., PANNACCI E., QASEM J., ROCHA F., SIMONCIC A., VERSCHWELE A., VAN DER WEIDE R., ZARAGOZA C. (2007) WEEDS AND WEED MANAGEMENT IN LETTUCE. PROC. 14TH EWRS SYMPOSIUM, HAMAR, NORWAY, 18-21 JUNE 2007. TEI F. AND PANNACCI E. (2008) INTEGRATED WEED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN VEGETABLES: CURRENT STATUS AND PERSPECTIVES. INVITED LECTURE AT 5TH INTERNATIONAL WEED SCIENCE CONGRESS, VANCOUVER, CANADA, 22-27 JUNE 2008.

6. WG website http://www.ewrs.org/ http://www.agr.unipg.it/ewrsveg/

7. WG as Invited speaker The WG co-ordinator was an invited speaker at the following international Symposia: 8th ISHS Symposium on Processing Tomato, Istanbul, Turkey, 8-10 June 2002 5th International Weed Science Congress, Vancouver, Canada, June 2008

8. Future activities improving, updating and managing the WG website supplementing information and results on weeds and weed control strategies in vegetables (onions, processing tomato, carrots, peas, cabbages, lettuce…..) Increasing the WG members Stimulating the participation in this field of research Manuals on weed control strategies in vegetables with information on: Weeds: damage, dispersal,…… Prevention: preventive measures, rotations, false seedbed,.. Decision making: threshold weed densities, critical periods of weed competition……. Direct control methods: chemical, physical, …….