"Weeds are rarely considered a priority despite the fact that all active farmers know that the majority of their variable costs and time are devoted to eradicating them. Even most crop losses due to pests can be traced directly back to weeds, which harbor the pests as secondary hosts. In the Molecular Biology of Weed Control, Jonathan Gressel focuses attention upon the tools of molecular biology that can be used effectively in the science of weed control. Always keeping his perspective congruent with that of the working farmer, Gressel explains how weed biologists and ecologists are...
"Weeds are rarely considered a priority despite the fact that all active farmers know that the majority of their variable costs and time are devoted t...
As the world's population rises to an expected ten billion in the next few generations, the challenges of feeding humanity and maintaining an ecological balance will dramatically increase. Today we rely on just four crops for 80 percent of all consumed calories: wheat, rice, corn, and soybeans. Indeed, reliance on these four crops may also mean we are one global plant disease outbreak away from major famine.
In this revolutionary and controversial book, Jonathan Gressel argues that alternative plant crops lack the genetic diversity necessary for wider domestication and that even the...
As the world's population rises to an expected ten billion in the next few generations, the challenges of feeding humanity and maintaining an ecolo...
The intent of the NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) entitled Novel Biotechnologies for Biocontrol Agent Enhancement and Management was to permit the meeting of the major exponents in the scienti?c community working with enhancing different biological control agents (fungi, bacteria, virus, nematodes, and insects) on different targets (pathogens, insects, weeds, and rodents). This multidisciplinary group, having backgrounds in the diff- ent aspects of biotechnologies (transgenic enhancement, molecular biology, formulation, genetics, risk assessment, new technology, biochemistry, and...
The intent of the NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) entitled Novel Biotechnologies for Biocontrol Agent Enhancement and Management was to permit the...
The intent of the NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) entitled Novel Biotechnologies for Biocontrol Agent Enhancement and Management was to permit the meeting of the major exponents in the scienti?c community working with enhancing different biological control agents (fungi, bacteria, virus, nematodes, and insects) on different targets (pathogens, insects, weeds, and rodents). This multidisciplinary group, having backgrounds in the diff- ent aspects of biotechnologies (transgenic enhancement, molecular biology, formulation, genetics, risk assessment, new technology, biochemistry, and...
The intent of the NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) entitled Novel Biotechnologies for Biocontrol Agent Enhancement and Management was to permit the...
This book was written in response to significant recent advances in understanding the mechanisms of parasitism in the Orobanchaceae, and breakthroughs in the control of the parasitic weeds Striga and Orobanche. It consists of 26 contributions by internationally recognized leading scientists. The main book chapters are grouped into two parts:
- Part I - The Orobanchaceae and Their Parasitic Mechanisms
- Part II - The Weedy Orobanchaceae and Their Control
The first part provides cutting-edge information on all key aspects of plant parasitism, such as the...
This book was written in response to significant recent advances in understanding the mechanisms of parasitism in the Orobanchaceae, and breakthrou...
This book was written in response to significant recent advances in understanding the mechanisms of parasitism in the Orobanchaceae, and breakthroughs in the control of the parasitic weeds Striga and Orobanche. It consists of 26 contributions by internationally recognized leading scientists. The main book chapters are grouped into two parts:
. Part I The Orobanchaceae and Their Parasitic Mechanisms
. Part II The Weedy Orobanchaceae and Their Control
The first part provides cutting-edge information on all key aspects of plant parasitism, such as the...
This book was written in response to significant recent advances in understanding the mechanisms of parasitism in the Orobanchaceae, and breakthrou...
