Samenvatting
Parasitic plants are of great economic importance and cause huge crop losses worldwide. They present unique biological aspects and control problems. This title provides full coverage relating to the biology, diversity and control of parasitic flowering plants and will be of great use to plant scientists, agricultural and environmental scientists.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780412371202
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Aantal pagina's:292
Uitgever:Springer Netherlands
Druk:1995
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction to parasitic plants. Seed germination. Haustorial initiation and differentiation. Mineral relationships of parasites and their hosts. Carbon and nitrogen relationships. Water relations. Reproductive ecology and biology. Genes and genomes. Host-plant responses to parasitism. Parasitic plants as weeds. Control of parasitic weeds.