World Weeds
Subtitle: Natural Histories and Distribution
Publisher: Wiley
Published: February 1997
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1152
ISBN-13: 9780471047018
First sentence: A CANTHOSPERMUM HISPIDUM is native to tropical America but is now widely distributed in tropical and subtropical areas of the world, occurring in nearly 40 countries and causing serious control problems in many crops.
Description: The culmination of four decades of global research, World Weeds presents comprehensive and up-to-date information on over 100 weeds - addressing recent changes in such areas as crop tillage methods, herbicide use, and agricultural runoff. This monumental work, featuring a wealth of original data from the authors provides extensive coverage of the known biology of each species. Each entry contains a full botanical description, plus important details on habitat requirements and distribution, seed production, ecology, physiology, crop impact, and more. Generously supplied with dozens of unique illustrations and species distribution maps covering over 100 countries, this definitive resource boasts an extensive multilingual index of common names, and a massive bibliography with over 3,000 references to facilitate further reading and research.