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Biology and ecology of weeds

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  • © 1982

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Editors:
  1. W. Holzner

    1. Bot. Inst., Univ. f. Bodenkultur, Wien, Austria

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  2. M. Numata

    1. Lab. of Ecology, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

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Part of the book series: Geobotany (GEOB, volume 2)

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Table of contents (38 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Introductory chapters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Concepts, categories and characteristics of weeds

      • W. Holzner
      Pages 3-20

    3. A methodology for the study of weed vegetation

      • Makoto Numata
      Pages 21-34

    4. Problems of weed taxonomy

      • J. McNeill
      Pages 35-45

    5. Biological control of weeds

      • A. J. Wapshere
      Pages 47-56

    6. Preservation of agrestal weeds

      • W. Hilbig
      Pages 57-59

    7. Golden words and wisdom about weeds

      • W. Van Der Zweep
      Pages 61-69

  3. General ecology of agrestal weeds

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Ecological genetics and the evolution of weeds

      • H.-I. Oka, Hiroko Morishima
      Pages 73-89

    3. Relationships between weeds and crops

      • Jack R. Harlan
      Pages 91-96

    4. The Middle East as a cradle for crops and weeds

      • S. Sakamoto
      Pages 97-109

    5. Reproductive strategy of annual agrestals

      • W. Holzner, I. Hayashi, J. Glauninger
      Pages 111-121

    6. Multiplication, growth and persistence of perennial weeds

      • Sigurd Håkansson
      Pages 123-135

    7. Competition between crop and weeds: A system approach

      • C. J. T. Spitters, J. P. Van Den Bergh
      Pages 137-148

    8. Interference between weeds and crops: A review of literature

      • J. Glauninger, W. Holzner
      Pages 149-159

    9. An introduction to the population dynamics of weeds

      • G. R. Sagar
      Pages 161-168

    10. Weed-ecological approaches to allelopathy

      • Makoto Numata
      Pages 169-173

    11. Parasitic weeds of arable land

      • L. J. Musselman
      Pages 175-185

    12. Weeds as indicators

      • W. Holzner
      Pages 187-190
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About this book

Weeds are a fascinating study for specialists, not only because of their economic importance, but also since in this case biology must be combined with history and agriculture (and its economic aspects). Thus, weed scientists may be concerned with pure basic research, concentrating on general aspects, or with applied science, i.e. having a practical orientation. One of the aims of this book is to create a synthesis between these two branches of study and to review the literature of both fields. The agrestals, the weeds of arable land ~ the most important group from an economic point of view ~ was chasen as the main topic. Other weed groups could only be mentioned briefly (e.g. grassland weeds), or superficially (e.g. aquatic weeds), or had to be omitted completely (e.g. ruderals, because they are so heterogeneous), to keep this volume to an acceptable size and price. Nevertheless, nearly all subsections of botanical science have been treated.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Bot. Inst., Univ. f. Bodenkultur, Wien, Austria

    W. Holzner

  • Lab. of Ecology, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

    M. Numata

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biology and ecology of weeds

  • Editors: W. Holzner, M. Numata

  • Series Title: Geobotany

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0916-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1982

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-6193-682-4Published: 30 April 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8519-1Published: 25 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0916-3Published: 14 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 461

  • Topics: Plant Sciences

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