Plant-Plant Allelopathic Interactions II Laboratory Bioassays for Water-Soluble Compounds with an Emphasis on Phenolic Acids /

• Main Author: Blum, Udo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Biotechnology.; Plant biochemistry.; Plant ecology.; Ecotoxicology.; Plant Biochemistry.; Plant Ecology.

In the first volume the author suggested that we could improve our understanding of plant-plant allelopathic interactions in the field by making laboratory bioassays more holistic.  Reflections after the volume was published lead the author to conclude that a more detailed analysis of the factors ma...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Background for Designing Laboratory Bioassays
• 2 Introduction to the Fundamentals of Laboratory Bioassays
• 3 Some Issues and Challenges When Designing Laboratory Bioassays
• 4 Hypothetical Standard Screening Bioassays
• 5 Effects, Modifiers and Modes of Action of Allelopathic Compounds Using Phenolic Acids as Model Compounds
• 6 Hypothetical Cause and Effect Bioassays
• 7 Laboratory Model Systems and Field Systems: Some Final Thoughts
• Author Index
• Subject Index.