Modelling Crop-Weed Interactions - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0851987451 ISBN 13: 9780851987453

Publisher: CABI Publishing, 1993

Synopsis

Competition between plants for the capture of the essential resources for plant growth (i.e. light, water and nutrients) determines the performance of both natural and agricultural ecosystems. The topic has been studied extensively by ecologists and physiologists, leading to the development of several approaches to describe the outcome of competition. This book reviews these modelling approaches and their potential for predicting yield loss as a result of crop-weed competition. The authors provide a detailed description of the model INTERCOM and of methods to parameterize and evaluate the model using experimental data. Examples are given of how the model can be used to understand the effects of weeds on crops in field situations. The book presents a number of new developments and is aimed at theoretical plant ecologists as well as agronomists and weed scientists interested in ecophysiological approaches.

Edition details

• Publisher: CABI Publishing
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851987451
• ISBN 13: 9780851987453
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Kropff Martin, Laar H. H. Van