Practice Abstract: An efficient and profitable weeding system friendly with the environment and health - WeLASER project is on its way

Increasing food production is a must for feeding the growing global population. This means to increase crop productivity what forces us to increase the use of herbicides that persist in the environment, kill non-target plants and insects benign for the soil and produce negative health effects in humans and animals. Furthermore, current herbicides are turning ineffective due to the evolution and spread of herbicide-resistant weeds.