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Plant-Plant Allelopathic Interactions II

Laboratory Bioassays for Water-Soluble Compounds with an Emphasis on Phenolic Acids

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Authors:
  1. Udo Blum

    1. Raleigh, USA

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  • Provides an in-depth analysis of laboratory bioassays used to study the roles of water-soluble compounds in plant-plant allelopathic interactions
  • Describes the fundamentals of and the issues and challenges for designing field-relevant laboratory bioassays
  • Provides blue prints for designing more field-relevant screening and cause and effect laboratory bioassays
  • Compares field systems with laboratory bioassay systems
  • Suggests future directions for the study of plant-plant allelopathic interactions
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Background for Designing Laboratory Bioassays

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    Pages 1-29

  3. Introduction to the Fundamentals of Laboratory Bioassays

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    Pages 31-76

  4. Some Issues and Challenges When Designing Laboratory Bioassays

    • Udo Blum
    Pages 77-129

  5. Hypothetical Standard Screening Bioassays

    • Udo Blum
    Pages 131-184

  6. Effects, Modifiers, and Modes of Action of Allelopathic Compounds Using Phenolic Acids as Model Compounds

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    Pages 185-235

  7. Hypothetical Cause and Effect Bioassays

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    Pages 237-272

  8. Laboratory Model Systems and Field Systems: Some Final Thoughts

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    Pages 273-300

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 301-322
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About this book

This volume presents detailed descriptions and analyses of the underlying features, issues and suppositions associated with seed and seedling laboratory bioassays presented in a previous volume. It is, however, broader in scope and substance in that the information provided is relevant to all water-soluble compounds released to soil by putative allelopathic living plants and their litter and residues. It is ultimately an attempt to update and expand the practical guidelines for designing laboratory bioassays that have previously been provided in the literature with the hope that the designs of future seed and seedling laboratory bioassays will become more relevant to field systems. Standard references have been included to provide background and additional details. This volume has been written specifically for researchers and their graduate students who are interested in studying plant-plant allelopathic interactions.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Raleigh, USA

    Udo Blum

About the author

Professor Emeritus at NC State University, Prof. Udo Blum is interested in characterizing and identifying the mechanisms by which allelopathic compounds, specifically phenolic acids (e.g., ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid, vanillic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid), released into the soil environment may impact soil chemistry (e.g., soil nutrition, organic pools, sorption and desorption), soil microbiology (e.g., population biology, natural selection, carbon utilization), rhizosphere ecology (e.g., microbial population biology) and population biology (e.g., germination, seedling emergence) and physiology (e.g., mineral nutrition, carbon allocation, water relations, growth) of dicot weeds in no-till agroecosystems.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Plant-Plant Allelopathic Interactions II

  • Book Subtitle: Laboratory Bioassays for Water-Soluble Compounds with an Emphasis on Phenolic Acids

  • Authors: Udo Blum

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04732-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-04731-7Published: 10 April 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34642-7Published: 03 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-04732-4Published: 24 March 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 322

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Biotechnology, Plant Biochemistry, Plant Ecology, Ecotoxicology

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