Allelochemicals: Role in Agriculture and Forestry

Reports on the nature of allelochemicals, the natural defense mechanismsof plants. Looks at the mechanisms and rates of allelochemical emissions fromthe aggressive plant, their fate in the soil and their uptake, and translocationand mode of action within the receptive plant. Examines the allelopathicphenomenon in sections covering plant-plant and plant-soil-plant interactions;plant-insect interaction; and plant-microbial and plant-animal interactions.Contains significant new ideas for maintaining and increasing forest andagricultural production in the future.Waller, George R. is the author of 'Allelochemicals: Role in Agriculture and Forestry', published 1987 under ISBN 9780841209923 and ISBN 0841209928.