Allelopathy /

A thorough revision and update of the first edition, this Second Edition is designed to create an awareness of the rapidly developing field of allelopathy. The author appraises existing knowledge in certain critical areas, such as roles of allelopathy in the prevention of seed decay and in the nitro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rice, Elroy L. (Elroy Leon), 1917-2000
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Orlando : Academic Press, 1984.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Physiological ecology.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Manipulated ecosystems: roles of allelopathy in agriculture
  • Manipulated ecosystems: roles of allelopathy in forestry and horticulture
  • Roles of allelopathy in plant pathology
  • Natural ecosystems: allelopathy and patterning of vegetation
  • Natural ecosystems: ecological effects of algal allelopathy
  • Natural ecosystems: allelopathy and old-field or urban succession
  • Allelopathy and the prevention of seed decay before germination
  • Allelopathy and the nitrogen cycle
  • Chemical nature of allelopathic agents
  • Factors affecting amounts of allelopathic compounds produced by plants
  • Evidence for movement of allelopathic compounds from plants obsorption and translocation by other plants
  • Mechanisms of action of allelopathic agents
  • Factors determing effectivness of allelopathic agents after egression from producing organisms.