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  title info:
    title: Allelopathy in Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry
  name:
    name part: Zeng, Ren Sen.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Mallik, Azim U.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Luo, Shi Ming.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2008
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XIV, 412 p. online resource.
  abstract: Allelopathy in Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry Zeng, Ren Sen; Mallik, Azim U.; Luo, Shi Ming (Eds.) 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 water leachates volatiles in the air or root exudates in soil - or they can be the microbial degradation products of plant residues. Allelochemicals may interfere with survival and growth of neighboring or succeeding plants, and may also discourage insects and pathogens. Black walnut, eucalyptus, sunflower, sorghum, sesame and alfalfa are common examples of plants with allelopathic properties. Likewise, staple crops such as rice, wheat, barley and sorghum also exhibit allelopathic characteristics. 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 through mixed cropping or crop rotation, farmers have been able to maintain sustained productivity. 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 is the sustainability of crop yield called into question in this form of agriculture, but the extensive long-term and often irreversible environmental degradation including ground water contamination and food safety associated with industrial agriculture are now serious concerns worldwide. This book reports on the latest advances in allelopathy through the contributions of leading scientists in the field. The book addresses the history of allelopathy, the science of allelochemicals, and the application of allelopathy in agriculture and forestry. An emphasis on both methodology and applic…
  table of contents: History -- Historical Examples of Allelopathy and Ethnobotany from the Mediterranean Region -- Allelopathy: Advances, Challenges and Opportunities -- Allelopathy in Chinese Ancient and Modern Agriculture -- Allelochemicals and Allelopathic Mechanisms -- Allelochemicals in Plants -- Allelopathy: Full Circle from Phytotoxicity to Mechanisms of Resistance -- Allelopathic Mechanisms and Experimental Methodology -- Indirect Effects of Phenolics on Plant Performance by Altering Nitrogen Cycling: Another Mechanism of Plant–Plant Negative Interactions -- Genomic Approaches to Understanding Allelochemical Effects on Plants -- Allelopathy from a Mathematical Modeling Perspective -- Application of Allelopathy in Agriculture and Forestry -- Progress and Prospect of Rice Allelopathy Research -- Rice Allelopathy Research in China -- Recent Advances in Wheat Allelopathy -- Sorghum Allelopathy for Weed Management in Wheat -- Allelochemicals in Pre-cowing Soils of Continuous Soybean Cropping and Their Autointoxication -- Autotoxicity in Agriculture and Forestry -- Black Walnut Allelopathy: Implications for Intercropping -- Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria and Mycorrhizal Fungi in Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry -- Utilization of Stress Tolerant, Weed Suppressive Groundcovers for Low Maintenance Landscape Settings -- Allelopathy in Forested Ecosystems.
  note: edited by Ren Sen Zeng, Azim U. Mallik, Shi Ming Luo.
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Plant ecology
  subject:
    topic: Ecology
  subject:
    topic: Forestry
  subject:
    topic: Plant science
  subject:
    topic: Botany
  subject:
    topic: Plant pathology
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Plant Pathology
  subject:
    topic: Plant Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Forestry
  subject:
    topic: Terrestial Ecology
  subject:
    topic: Plant Ecology
  classification: SB621-795
  classification: 571.92
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