Phenolic compounds arise from the shikimic and acetic acid (polyketide) metabolic
pathways in plants. They are but one category of the many secondary metabolites implicated …

Maximizing the world's agricultural efficiency depends largely on controlling a variety of
diseases and pestsÐ especially weeds. Weeds, simply defined as plants growing in an …

Water Relations of Plants and Soils, successor to the seminal 1983 book by Paul Kramer,
covers the entire field of water relations using current concepts and consistent terminology …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the physiological causes and ecological
consequences of inherent variation in growth rate among higher plants. When grown under …

The ecological activities of plant phenolics are diverse and highly variable. Although some
variation is attributable to differences in concentration, structure, and evolutionary history of …

The rate and extent to which biophysical resources are captured and utilized by the
components of an agroforestry system are determined by the nature and intensity of …

Allelopathy is described as the interference to plant growth resulting from chemical
interactions among plants and other organisms mediated through release of plant-produced …

The classic reference on weeds and invasive plants has been revised and updated. The
Third Edition of this authoritative reference provides an in-depth understanding of how …

Science is essentially a descriptive and experimental device. It observes nature, constructs
hypotheses, plans experiments and proposes theories. The theory is never contemplated as …

Plants produce and release in the surrounding soil, the so-called rhizosphere, a vast variety
of secondary metabolites. Among them, flavonoids are the most studied, mainly for their role …