Biography |
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List of Contributors |
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Preface |
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Foreword |
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1 Persistence Strategies of Weeds: Introduction |
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1.2.1 Seed Dormancy, Germination, Seedling Emergence, Seed Production, and Seed Return |
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1.2.2 Seed Longevity, Emergence Patterns, and Soil Seedbanks |
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1.2.3 Persistence of Weeds Through Perennial Growth |
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1.2.4 Persistence Under a Wide Range of Environmental and Climatic Conditions |
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1.3 Current Approaches to Manage Weeds and Persistence |
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1.3.1 Ability of Weeds to Persist Against Biological, Cultural, Mechanical/Physical, and Chemical Control Measures |
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2 Seed Production, Dissemination, and Weed Seedbanks |
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2.3.3 Movement by Animals |
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2.3.4 Movement by Farm Equipment and Humans |
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2.4 Weed Seedbank and Seedbank Dynamics |
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2.4.5 Changes in Size and Composition of Weed Seedbanks |
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2.5 Weed Management and Seedbanks |
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2.5.2 Effects of Weed Control Measures |
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2.6 Use of Chemicals to Deplete Soil Seedbanks: Potential and Limitations |
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2.6.1 Nitrogen-Containing Compounds |
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2.6.3 Other Synthetic Compounds |
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2.7 Weed Seed Destruction or Devitalization of Seeds |
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2.8 Soil Seedbank Research Methodology |
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3 Weed Seed Dormancy and Persistence of Weeds |
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3.1 Introduction: Seed Dormancy and Persistence of Weeds |
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3.2 Seed Dormancy and Germination |
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3.3 Types of Seed Dormancy and Some Terminologies |
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3.4 Dormancy Polymorphism |
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3.4.1 Genetic Variation in Seed Dormancy |
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3.4.1.1 Wild Oat (Avena fatua) Case Study |
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3.4.1.2 Influence of Environment During Seed Development on Seed Dormancy |
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3.5 Mechanisms of Seed Dormancy |
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3.5.1 Impermeability to Water |
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3.5.2 Impermeability to Gases |
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3.5.3 Mechanically Resistant Seed Coat |
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3.5.4 Presence of Germination Inhibitors |
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3.5.5 Underdeveloped Embryo |
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3.5.7 Molecular Mechanisms of Seed Dormancy |
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3.6 Coadaptation of Seed Dormancy and Hormonal Regulation of Seed Reserve Mobilization |
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3.7 Duration of Seed Dormancy and Depletion of Seedbanks During Summer Fallow |
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4 Seed Dormancy Genes and Their Associated Adaptive Traits Underlie Weed Persistence: A Case Study of Weedy Rice |
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4.3 Genetics of Primary Seed Dormancy |
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4.3.1 Natural Variation in Wild, Weedy, and Cultivated Rice |
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4.3.2 Quantitative Trait Loci |
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4.3.3 QTL Epistatic and Genotype-by-Environment (G-by-E) Interactions |
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4.3.4 Genes Underlying Seed Dormancy QTLs |
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4.4 Genes/QTLs Responsible for Associations of Wild-Like Traits with SD |
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4.5 Genes/QTLs Responsible for Associations of Crop-Mimic Traits with Seed Dormancy |
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4.6 Conclusions and Implications |
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5 Environmental Regulation of Weed Seedbanks and Seedling Emergence |
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5.1.1 The Seedbank: Dispersal over Time |
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5.1.2 Scope of the Chapter |
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5.4 Loss of Viability as a Result of Physiological Deterioration |
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5.5 Dormancy in Seedbanks and Its Control by the Environment |
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5.5.1 Environmental Factors that Modify the Dormancy Level of Seedbanks |
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5.5.2 Dormancy Level Relates to the Width of the Environmental Range Permissive for Germination |
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5.6 Germination as Affected by Temperature and Water Availability |
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5.7 The Functional Ecology of Weed Seedbanks: Concluding Remarks |
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6 Longevity of Weed Seeds in Seedbanks |
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6.2 Seeds and Seedbanks as Survival Mechanisms |
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6.3 Role of Seed Longevity in Seedbank Regulation |
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6.4 Classical Ecological Experiments on Weed Seed Longevity |
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6.5 Factors Affecting Weed Seed Longevity |
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6.5.2 Seed Characteristics |
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6.5.2.1 Seed Vigour and Viability |
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6.5.2.2 Seed Morphology and Anatomy |
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6.5.2.4 Seed Ageing and Its Biochemistry |
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6.5.3.1 Moisture and Temperature |
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6.5.3.2 Soil Characteristics |
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6.5.3.3 Land Use and Management Operations |
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6.5.3.4 Seed Predation and Deterioration |
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6.6 Implications of Seedbank Longevity for Weed Management |
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6.7 Conclusions and Future Research Directions |
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7 Evolution and Persistence of Herbicide-Resistant Weeds |
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7.2 How Evolution of Herbicide Resistance Influences Persistence of Weed Populations |
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7.2.1 Enhanced Fitness Under Recurrent Herbicide Selection Pressure |
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7.2.2 Using Population Demography to Quantify Persistence |
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7.2.3 Spatial Movement of Herbicide Resistance Alleles via Seed and Pollen |
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7.2.4 Temporal Persistence: Seedbank Dynamics |
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7.2.5 Phenological Adaptation of Herbicide-Resistant Weeds to Management |
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7.3.1 Transgenic Canola Volunteers or Feral Populations in North America and Australia |
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7.3.2 Kochia in the Great Plains of North America |
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7.3.3 Wild Oat in the Northern Great Plains of North America |
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7.3.4 Wild Radish in Western Australia |
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7.3.5 Annual Ryegrass in Australia |
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8 Seed Predation and Weed Seedbanks |
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8.2 Predators and Seed Predation Windows in the Life Cycle of a Weed |
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8.2.1 Pre-dispersal Seed Predation |
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8.2.2 Post-dispersal Seed Predation |
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8.2.3 Seed Predation from the Seedbank and After Release from the Bank |
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8.3 Seed Defence Versus Seed Selection by Predators |
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8.4 Spatiotemporal Variation in Seed Predation |
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8.4.2 Field Scale and Density Dependence |
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8.5 The Significance of Seed Predation for the Population Dynamics of Weeds |
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8.6 Field and Crop Management Effects on Weed Seed Predation |
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8.7 Methodological Aspects of Studying Seed Predation |
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8.7.1 Estimating Pre-dispersal Seed Predation |
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8.7.2 Removal of Sentinel Seeds |
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8.7.3 Seedling Emergence Studies |
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8.7.4 Gut Content Analysis of Predators |
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8.7.5 Estimating Consumption and Preferences of Predators in the Laboratory |
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8.8 Directions for Future Research and Conclusions |
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9 Modelling the Persistence of Weed Populations |
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9.1 Why Do We Need Models to Predict Weed Persistence? |
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9.1.1 The Challenge of Modelling Weed Persistence |
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9.2 'Broad-Brush' Ecological Approaches to Modelling Weed Persistence |
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9.2.1 Ecological Strategies of Weeds |
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9.2.2 Ecological Strategies and the Historical Effect of Management on Weed Floras |
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9.2.3 Modelling Future Changes in the Functional Composition of Weed Seedbanks |
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9.3 A Process-Based Approach to Modelling Weed Persistence |
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9.3.1 Modelling Seed Mortality Processes |
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9.3.2 Modelling Seed Dormancy Processes |
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9.3.3 Modelling Seed Germination Processes |
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9.3.4 Integrating Seedbank Processes into the Multi-annual Weed Dynamics Model |
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9.3.5 Case Study Using the Process-Based Model |
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9.3.6 The Weed Seed Traits Selected by Management Practices |
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10 Influence of Agronomic Practices on the Persistence of Weed Seedbanks |
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10.2 Tillage: Vertical Distribution of Seeds Within the Weed Seedbank Influences Weed Seed Persistence |
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10.3 Light Penetration and Soil Disturbance Can Reduce Seed Persistence |
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10.4 Diverse Crop Rotations Do Not Consistently Reduce Weed Persistence |
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10.5 Control of Weed Seed at Harvest Has Potential to Reduce Seed Persistence |
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10.6 Role of Cover Crops and Microbial Populations |
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10.7 Livestock, Pasture, and Manure Management Can Reduce Weed Seed Persistence |
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11 Clonal Growth, Resprouting, and Vegetative Propagation of Weeds |
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11.2 Weeding as a Disturbance Regime |
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11.3 Plant Strategies Under Recurrent Disturbance |
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11.4 Plant Traits Typical for Tolerance Strategies and Resprouting Limitations |
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11.4.2 Carbohydrate Storage |
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11.4.4 Plant Organs Responsible for the Tolerance Strategy |
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11.4.5 Recolonization and Spread of Vegetative Propagules in Space and Time |
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11.5 Tolerance Strategy in an Evolutionary Perspective |
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11.5.1 Changes in Weed Flora |
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11.5.2 Selection of Weed Genotypes |
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12 Climate Change and the Persistence of Weeds |
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12.2 Weed Ecophysiological Responses to Climate Change |
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222 | (2) |
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12.3 Predicted Changes in Weed Distribution |
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12.3.1 Case Studies of Weed Distribution Changes |
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12.3.2 What Do These Distribution Changes Indicate About Weed Persistence? |
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12.4 Impacts of Climate Change on Weed Interactions with Crops |
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12.4.1 C3 and C4 Crops Versus C3 and C4 Weeds |
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12.4.2 General Outcomes of Weed-Crop Competition Under Climate Change |
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231 | (1) |
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12.4.3 What Do These Impacts on Weed-Crop Interactions Indicate About Weed Persistence? |
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12.5 Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change on Weeds |
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12.5.1 Weed Evolution Under Climate Change |
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12.5.2 What Do These Evolutionary Impacts Indicate About Weed Persistence? |
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13 Soil Microbial Effects on Weed Seedbank Persistence: Current Knowledge and Applications for Weed Management |
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244 | (2) |
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13.1.1 Focus and Scope of This Chapter |
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13.2 Mechanisms of Microbial Attack |
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246 | (3) |
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13.3 Abiotic Environmental Factors |
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13.5.1 Mechanical Defence |
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13.5.3 Biochemical Defence |
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256 | (1) |
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13.5.5 Complementarity of Seed Defences |
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257 | (1) |
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13.5.6 Seed Defence Syndromes |
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13.6 Weed Management Applications |
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13.6.1 Targeted Application of Seed Pathogens |
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258 | (2) |
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13.6.2 Manipulation of the Soil Environment |
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13.6.3 Manipulation of Seed Defences Alone and in Combination |
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13.6.4 Combination with Conventional Weed Control |
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14 The Potential Role of Allelopathy in the Persistence of Invasive Weeds |
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14.2 Classification of Allelochemicals |
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14.3 Allelochemical Modes of Action |
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14.4 Synthesis, Localization, and Release of Allelochemicals from Donor Plants |
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14.5 Factors Affecting Biosynthesis and Release of Allelochemicals |
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279 | (1) |
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14.6 The Role of Soil Microorganisms in the Release and Transformation of Allelochemicals |
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14.7 Metabolic Profiling of Allelochemicals |
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280 | (1) |
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14.8 Case Studies of Invasive Plant Species Exhibiting Allelopathic Interactions |
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14.8.1 Echium plantagineum |
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282 | (2) |
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14.8.3 Parthenium hysterophorus |
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285 | (1) |
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14.8.4 Alliaria petiolata |
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286 | (1) |
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14.8.5 Reynoutria japonica |
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15 Weed Adaptation as a Driving Force for Weed Persistence in Agroecosystems |
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15.2 Modes of Weed Evolution |
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15.2.1 Weed Origins from Wild Species |
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304 | (1) |
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15.2.2 Weed Origins from Crop-Wild Hybrids |
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305 | (1) |
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15.2.3 Weed Origins from Crop Species |
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306 | (1) |
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15.3 The Genetic Basis of Phenotypic Variation in Weedy and Fitness-Related Traits |
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15.3.1 Phenotypic Plasticity in Key Weedy Traits |
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308 | (1) |
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15.3.2 Origins and Architecture of Genetic Variation |
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308 | (1) |
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15.3.3 Quantity and Structure of Genetic Variation |
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15.4 The Contemporary Evolution of Weeds in Agroecosystems: Evidence and Case Studies |
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15.4.1 Crop Mimicry as an Adaptive Strategy for Promoting Weed Persistence in Agroecosystems |
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311 | (3) |
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15.4.2 Herbicide Resistance: Weed Adaptation on Steroids |
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314 | (1) |
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15.5 Applying Evolutionary Thinking to Weed Biology and Management |
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15.5.1 The Evolutionary Ecology of Herbicide Resistance |
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316 | (1) |
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15.5.2 Modelling Weed Population Dynamics |
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317 | (1) |
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15.5.3 Crop Competitiveness |
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317 | (1) |
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15.6 Weed Adaptation: A Key Determinant of Weed Persistence in Agroecosystems |
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317 | (1) |
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16 Persistence Strategies of Weeds: Synopsis and the Future |
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325 | (1) |
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16.2 Weed Propagation, Dissemination, and Seed and Vegetative Propagule Banks |
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326 | (2) |
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16.3 Weed Seed Dormancy and Longevity |
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328 | (3) |
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328 | (2) |
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330 | (1) |
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331 | (2) |
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16.5 Predation, Microbial Effects, and Allelopathy |
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333 | (4) |
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333 | (1) |
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334 | (2) |
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336 | (1) |
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16.6 Climate Change and Environmental Influences |
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337 | (3) |
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16.6.1 Climate Change and Persistence |
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337 | (1) |
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16.6.2 Environment and Persistence |
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338 | (2) |
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16.7 Weed Adaptation and Evolution and Persistence of Herbicide-Resistant Weeds |
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340 | (3) |
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16.7.1 Weed Adaptation and Evolution |
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340 | (1) |
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16.7.2 Persistence of Herbicide-Resistant Weeds |
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341 | (2) |
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16.8 Modeling the Persistence of Weed Populations |
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