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Allelopathy in Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry (Hardcover, 2008 ed.): Rensen Zeng, Azim U. Mallik, Shiming Luo Allelopathy in Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)
Rensen Zeng, Azim U. Mallik, Shiming Luo
R5,824 Discovery Miles 58 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the first comprehensive and up-to-date reference on the science, mechanism, methodology, and application of allelopathy. The objective of this practical reference is to report on the latest advances by inviting leading scientists to contribute in specific fields. The volume is organized under three major subsections: History of allelopathy, Allelochemicals, allelopathic mechanisms, and bioassays, and Application of allelopathy in agriculture and forestry.

Chemical Ecology of Plants: Allelopathy in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems (Hardcover, 2002 ed.): Inderjit, Azim U. Mallik Chemical Ecology of Plants: Allelopathy in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)
Inderjit, Azim U. Mallik
R3,036 Discovery Miles 30 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Allelochemicals play a great role in managed and natural ecosystems. Apart from plant growth, allelochemicals also may influence nutrient dynamics, mycorrhizae, soil chemical characteristics, and microbial ecology. Synergistic action of various factors may better explain plant growth and distribution in natural systems. The book emphasizes the role of allelochemicals in shaping the structure of plant communities in a broader ecological perspective. The book addresses the following questions: (1) How do allelochemicals influence different components of the ecosystem in terms of shaping community structure? (2) Why is it difficult to demonstrate interference by allelochemicals (i.e., allelopathy) in a natural system in its entirety? Despite a large amount of existing literature on allelopathy, why are ecologists still skeptical about the existence of allelopathy in nature? (3) Why are there only scarce data on aquatic ecosystems? (4) What role do allelochemicals play in microbial ecology?.....

Chemical Ecology of Plants: Allelopathy in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st... Chemical Ecology of Plants: Allelopathy in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002)
Inderjit, Azim U. Mallik
R3,139 Discovery Miles 31 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Allelochemicals play a great role in managed and natural ecosystems. Apart from plant growth, allelochemicals also may influence nutrient dynamics, mycorrhizae, soil chemical characteristics, and microbial ecology. Synergistic action of various factors may better explain plant growth and distribution in natural systems. The book emphasizes the role of allelochemicals in shaping the structure of plant communities in a broader ecological perspective. The book addresses the following questions: (1) How do allelochemicals influence different components of the ecosystem in terms of shaping community structure? (2) Why is it difficult to demonstrate interference by allelochemicals (i.e., allelopathy) in a natural system in its entirety? Despite a large amount of existing literature on allelopathy, why are ecologists still skeptical about the existence of allelopathy in nature? (3) Why are there only scarce data on aquatic ecosystems? (4) What role do allelochemicals play in microbial ecology?.....

Allelopathy in Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008): Rensen Zeng, Azim... Allelopathy in Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008)
Rensen Zeng, Azim U. Mallik, Shiming Luo
R5,616 Discovery Miles 56 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Simply put, allelopathy refers to an ecological phenomenon of plant-plant interference through release of organic chemicals (allelochemicals) in the environment. These chemicals can be directly and continuously released by the donor plants in their immediate environment as volatiles in the air or root exudates in soil or they can be the microbial degradation products of plant residues. The chemicals may interfere with survival and growth of neighboring or succeeding plants. Black walnut, eucalyptus, sunflower, sorghum, sesame and alfalfa are common examples of plants with allelopathic property as well as some staple crops such as rice, wheat, barley and sorghum. Plants can emit chemicals that also discourage insects and pathogens. To maintain sustained productivity, knowledge of this form of plant interference on other plants and on disease causing organisms has been used in agriculture since prehistoric time by manipulating cropping pattern and sequence such as mixed cropping and crop rotation. However, use of numerous agrochemicals including a wide range of herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers and genetically modified high yielding crops has become the characteristic feature of modern industrial agriculture. Not only the sustainability of crop yield is called into question in this form of agriculture, the extensive long-term and often irreversible environmental degradation including ground water contamination and food safety associated with industrial agriculture are now of serious concern worldwide.

The objective is to report on the latest advances in allelopathy by inviting leading scientists to contribute in specific fields. The volume is organized under three major subsections: History of allelopathy, Allelochemicals, allelopathic mechanisms, and bioassays, and Application of allelopathy in agriculture and forestry. An emphasis is place on methodology and application, making it a truly practical reference.

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