Weed Anatomy
1. Auflage April 2013
502 Seiten, Hardcover
Handbuch/Nachschlagewerk
Kurzbeschreibung
Essential for all weed scientists, this book provides fully comprehensive coverage, including the world's fifty commercially most important species, with detailed, full color photographs throughout. Beginning with a general overview of weed anatomy, structured in a way similar to other classical plant anatomy textbooks, this book discusses monocots, dicots, brackens and horsetails with special reference to their anatomy. Plant scientists will appreciate the depth of detail found in this book.
Weeds affect everyone in the world by reducing crop yield and crop quality, delaying or interfering with harvesting, interfering with animal feeding (including poisoning), reducing animal health, preventing water flow, as plant parasites, etc. Weeds are common everywhere and cause many $ billions worth of crop losses annually, with the global cost of controlling weeds running into $ billions.
The anatomy of plants is generally well understood, but the examples used for explanations in most books are often restricted to non-weed species. Weeds have many features that make them more competitive, for example enabling them to more quickly recover after herbicide treatment. Some of these adaptations include rhizomes, adapted roots, tubers and other special structures. Until now,
no single book has concentrated on weeds' anatomical features. A comprehensive understanding of these features is, however, often imperative to the successful implementation of many weed control measures.
Beautifully and comprehensively illustrated, in full colour throughout, Weed Anatomy provides a comprehensive insight into the anatomy of the globally-important weeds of commercial significance. Commencing with a general overview of anatomy, the major part of the book then includes sections covering monocotyledons, dicotyledons, brackens and horsetails, with special reference to their anatomy. Ecological and evolutionary aspects of weeds are also covered and a number of less common weeds such as Adonis vernalis, Caucalis platycarpos and Scandix pecten-veneris are also included.
The authors of this book, who have between them many years of experience studying weeds, have put together a true landmark publication, providing a huge wealth of commercially-important information. Weed scientists, plant anatomists and agricultural scientists, including personnel within the agrochemical and crop protection industry, will find a great deal of useful information within
the book's covers. All libraries in universities and research establishments where agricultural and biological sciences are studied and taught should have copies of this exceptional book on their shelves.
Introduction
Chapter one - Tissues
Chapter two - Parenchyma
Chapter three - Collenchyma
Chapter four - Sclerenchyma, a typical contributor to weediness
Section 2
Chapter five - Meristems
Chapter six - Secretory structures
Chapter seven - External secretory structures
Chapter eight - Internal secretory structures
Chapter nine - Stored compounds
Chapter ten - Epidermis
Chapter eleven - Stomata
Chapter twelve - Non-glandular trichomes
Section 3
Chapter thirteen - Vascular bundles
Chapter fourteen - Xylem
Chapter fifteen - Pits
Chapter sixteen - Phloem
Chapter seventeen - Pith
Section 4
Chapter eighteen - Stem
Chapter nineteen - Dicot stem / Cortex
Chapter twenty - Dicot stem / Patterns of vascular tissues
Chapter twenty-one - Vascular bundles and leaf traces in dicots
Chapter twenty-two - Monocot stem
Chapter twenty-three - Horsetail and bracken stem
Chapter twenty-four - Root morphology
Chapter twenty-five- Root histology
Chapter twenty-six - Root tip
Chapter twenty-seven - Xylem patterns
Chapter twenty-eight - Endodermis and pericycle
Chapter twenty-nine - Rhizodermis, exodermis and cortex
Chapter thirty - Root genetics
Chapter thirty-one - Primary and secondary growth
Chapter thirty-two - Anomalous secondary growth
Section 5
Chapter thirty-three - Leaf
Chapter thirty-four - Flower
Chapter thirty-five - Androecium
Chapter thirty-six - Gynoecium
Chapter thirty-seven - Genetics of flower formation
Chapter thirty-eight - Fruit
Chapter thirty-nine - Carpel, pericarp and various fruit forms
Chapter forty - Genetics of fruit development
Chapter forty-one - Seed
Chapter forty-two - Seed development influencing genes
Chapter forty-three - Secondary reproduction characteristics
Chapter forty-four - Flower modifications in weeds
Chapter forty-five - Seedling and embryo
Section 6
Chapter forty-six -Vegetative weed reproduction
Chapter forty-seven - Rhizomes
Chapter forty-eight - Tubers and corms
Chapter forty-nine - Stolons and runners
Chapter fifty -Roots with adventitious buds
Chapter fifty-one - Bulbs
Section 7
Chapter fifty-two - Indicators of weediness
Section 8
Chapter fifty-three - Introduction to monographs
Chapter fifty-four- Monographs
Monograph 1: Abutilon theophrasti
Monograph 2: Alopecurus myosuroides and Alopecurus japonicus
Monograph 3: Amaranthus retroflexus and Amaranthus palmeri
Monograph 4: Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Monograph 5: Apera spica-venti
Monograph 6: Avena fatua and Avena sterilis
Monograph 7: Bidens pilosa and Bidens tripartita
Monograph 8: Bromus secalinus, B. sterilis and B. tectorum
Monograph 9: Calystegia sepium and Convolvulus arvensis
Monograph 10: Chenopodium album
Monograph 11: Cirsium arvense
Monograph 12: Conyza canadensis and Conyza bonariensis
Monograph 13: Cynodon dactylon
Monograph 14: Cyperus esculentus, C. iria, C. rotundus and C. serotinus
Monograph 15: Digitaria sanguinalis
Monograph 16: Echinochloa colonum and Echinochloa crus-galli
Monograph 17: Eleusine indica
Monograph 18: Elytrigia repens
Monograph 19: Fallopia convolvulus, F. japonica, F.sachalinensis, F. baldschuanica
Monograph 20: Galium aparine
Monograph 21: Impatiens glandulifera
Monograph 22: Lolium multiflorum, L. perenne, L. rigidum
Monograph 23: Myosotis arvensis
Monograph 24: Paspalum dilatatum
Monograph 25: Phalaris minor and Phalaris paradoxa
Monograph 26: Poa annua
Monograph 27: Polygonum aviculare and Polygonum lapathifolium
Monograph 28: Rottboellia cochinchinensis
Monograph 29: Setaria faberi, Setaria glauca and Setaria viridis
Monograph 30: Sorghum halepense
Monograph 31: Urochloa platyphylla
Monograph 32: Xanthium strumarium and Xanthium spinosum
Section 9
Chapter fifty-five - Tissue preparation and staining procedures
Peter Baur heads the Competence Center Crop Protection, Clariant, Frankfurt, Germany. He is external Professor at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany, and Past President of the International Society for Agrochemical Adjuvants.
