Overview
- Only comprehensive and up-to-date reference on the science, mechanism, methodology, and application allelopathy
- Publication idea sprung from an international conference on allelopathy and the theme expanded to be broad-based and inclusive of global perspective and participation
- Book with its emphasis on sustainable agriculture and forestry should be of interest to a wide group of scientists in agriculture, forestry, and terrestrial ecologists
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Allelochemicals and Allelopathic Mechanisms
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Application of Allelopathy in Agriculture and Forestry
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About this book
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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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Allelopathy in Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry
Editors: Ren Sen Zeng, Azim U. Mallik, Shi Ming Luo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77337-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-77336-0
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2649-4
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-77337-7
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 412
Topics: Plant Pathology, Plant Sciences, Forestry, Terrestial Ecology, Plant Ecology