The idea of putting together this volume stemmed from a successful International Symposium on Allelopathy Research and Application held in Sanshui, Guangdong, China during April 27–29, 2004. The symposium was supported by several agencies:
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (30410303040).
- Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province.
- Sanshui Municipal Government.
- South China Agricultural University.
Eighty five researchers from eight countries working on various aspects of allelopathy attended the symposium. The National Natural Science Foundation of China (30424006) encouraged and supported the book publication. Selected papers presented at this symposium and some additional invited chapters constitute this volume. Several edited books and reviews on allelopathy have appeared at the turn of the last century.
Why another book on allelopathy? It is largely because the discipline has been experiencing extraordinary growth in research and there is a great deal of interest in seeking alternative environmentally friendly methods of weed control in agriculture, ways to deal with replant problems and soil sickness in horticulture, and competition control in young plantations. Research and application of allelopathy can help find some of the desirable alternatives. Our understanding in allelopathy mechanisms has increased significantly with use of recently developed sophisticated tools and techniques in biochemistry, molecular biology and genetic engineering. Researchers in allelopathy are taking advantage of these rapidly expanding fields of molecular biology in understanding the complex plant–plant and plant-microbe interactions in seeking solutions to agricultural problems.
It is timely to collect and synthesize the latest developments on allelopathy research with special emphasis on its application in sustainable agriculture and forestry. The contents of the book was divided into three sections:
- 1. past and recent history of allelopathy,
- 2. allelochemicals and allelopathic mechanisms, and
- 3. application of allelopathy in agriculture and forestry.
Contents
- List of Contributors
- List of Reviewers
- Introduction: Allelopathy Research and Application in Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry
Part 1 History
- 1 Historical Examples of Allelopathy and Ethnobotany from the Mediterranean Region
- 2 Allelopathy: Advances, Challenges and Opportunities
- 3 Allelopathy in Chinese Ancient and Modern Agriculture
Part 2 Allelochemicals and Allelopathic Mechanisms
- 4 Allelochemicals in Plants
- 5 Allelopathy: Full Circle from Phytotoxicity to Mechanisms of Resistance
- 6 Allelopathic Mechanisms and Experimental Methodology
- 7 Indirect Effects of Phenolics on Plant Performance by Altering Nitrogen Cycling: Another Mechanism of Plant–Plant Negative Interactions
- 8 Genomic Approaches to Understanding Allelochemical Effects on Plants
- 9 Allelopathy from a Mathematical Modeling Perspective
Part 3 Application of Allelopathy in Agriculture and Forestry
- 10 Progress and Prospect of Rice Allelopathy Research
- 11 Rice Allelopathy Research in China
- 12 Recent Advances in Wheat Allelopathy
- 13 Sorghum Allelopathy for Weed Management in Wheat
- 14 Allelochemicals in Pre-cowing Soils of Continuous Soybean Cropping and Their Autointoxication
- 15 Autotoxicity in Agriculture and Forestry
- 16 Black Walnut Allelopathy: Implications for Intercropping
- 17 Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria and Mycorrhizal Fungi in Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry
- 18 Utilization of Stress Tolerant, Weed Suppressive Groundcovers for Low Maintenance Landscape Settings
- 19 Allelopathy in Forested Ecosystems
Index
About the Editors
- Ren Sen Zeng, Ph. D. is a Professor of Ecology and Director of the Research Center for Chemical Ecology at South China Agricultural University (SCAU) in Guangzhou, China. He received his Ph. D. in Ecology from SCAU in 2000. Professor Zeng was elected as New Century Excellent Talents in University of China. He serves in the Executive Council of International Allelopathy Society. His research focuses on allelopathy and chemical interactions between plants and other organisms.
- Azim Mallik, Ph. D. is a Professor of Biology and Chair of Graduate Studies Program in Biology at Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada. He received his Ph. D. from the University of Aebrdeen, U.K. Professor Mallik is widely published in peer-reviewed journals on disturbance ecology and allelopathy. He jointly edited a book with Professor Inderjit on Chemical Ecology of Plants. He received the Grodzinsky Award of International Allelopathy Society (IAS). Professor Mallik is a founding Vice-President and immediate past President of IAS and currently treasurer & executive board member of INTECOL.
- Shi Ming Luo, Ph. D. is a Professor of Ecology and Director of the Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Ecology at South China Agricultural University. He received his Masters in Agronomy from SCAU in 1982 and an honorary doctorate degree from Pennsylvania State University. He served as the President of SCAU for eleven years. Professor Luo is Vice-President of the Ecological Society of China. His research interests include allelopathy and ecological agriculture.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 412 pages
- Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (April 3, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0387773363
- ISBN-13: 978-0387773360
- Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
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