Right now, the world's agriculture is struggling with weeds. We grow plants that are not very competitive with weeds that can invade their environment. But couldn't we develop cultivated species that are competitive with the species in their environment?
For example, by growing plants on surfaces that are not weeded after sowing, by collecting seeds from the most competent plants and then sowing from one year to the next. Do you think this is possible?
This would make it possible to overcome the use of herbicides and to limit the use of mechanical weeding machines.
It is not an imagination anymore. There exist's certain varieties of wheat which are more competitive and thus are less affected by weed's growth; as compared to other varieties of wheat.
Unfortunately, similar processes occur naturally, and many cultivated plants (and also animals, like goats) outside of their natural range became harmful inviders replacing natural vegetation. Thus making plants more enduring and 'aggressive' can be a dangerous business.
Thank you for this clarification. Jaspreet Singh Randhawa and Alexei Tiunov.
Do you know if some articles are available on this subject, I can't find anything.
Best regard.
There are hundreds (or rather many thousands) scientific papers dealing with competition among plants and also with invasion biology of plants. But to form a more broad view I would recommend a couple of wonderful wooks, fully scientific still popular and really absorbing.
https://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/0393317552
https://www.amazon.com/Ecological-Imperialism-Biological-Expansion-900-1900/dp/1107569877/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=ecological+imperialism&qid=1600185639&s=books&sr=1-1
There is a book named Weed Science: Basics and applications by T.K. Das. It contains material related to your query particularly in Chapter 10 under Cultural methods of weed control.
https://www.amazon.in/Weed-Science-Applications-Das-TK/dp/B00IG2EHS0/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=weed+management+book&qid=1600246914&sr=8-7
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