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A comprehensive reference-cum-textbook on fundamentals and principles of weed science. Includes updated information on newer approaches (ecophysiological and biological) in weed management, newer herbicides, bioherbicides, herbicide action mechanisms and transformations in plants, herbicide persistence and behaviour in soil and environment, and interaction of herbicide with other aerochemicals. ... Read more

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Discover innovative strategies for managing weeds in an environment-protective manner

The Handbook of Sustainable Weed Management presents the latest international strategies for controlling weeds while preventing dangerous chemicals from endangering the ecosystem or human lives. This compendium focuses on designing future weed management strategies that reduce herbicidal usage, restore ecological balance, and increase food production. This book provides new insights and approaches for weed scientists, agronomists, agriculturists, horticulturists, farmers, extentionists, teachers and students. Tables, figures, and over 125 illustrations—including a color photo section!—make complex information easy to access and understand.

In the Handbook of Sustainable Weed Management, experts from Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia organize in one resource the scattered information related to weeds and their management from different ecosystems around the world. The text captures the multifaceted impacts of and approaches to managing weeds from field, farm, landscape, regional, and global perspectives. Generously illustrated with tables and figures, this book not only describes the various techniques for weed management but shows you what methods work best for a given site, invasive weed, or invaded crop.

The Handbook of Sustainable Weed Management includes different aspects of weed management relevant to the scope of modern weed science such as:

cultural practices

cover crops

crop rotation designs

potential of herbicide resistant crops

bioherbicides

allelopathy

microorganisms

integrated weed management In spite of advancement in technologies and procedures, weeds continue to pose a major ecological and economical threat to agriculture. The Handbook of Sustainable Weed Management takes a broad view of weeds as a part of an agricultural system composed of interacting production, environmental, biological, economic, and social components all working together to find balance. This comprehensive book is a vital addition to the debate of how global weed management is changing in the twenty-first century. ... Read more

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While some plants are valued and selected for their beauty, others are reviled for their apparent lack of these traits. Weeds are recognized worldwide as undesirable economic pests; however, the value of any plant is unquestionably determined by the perception of the viewer. This book looks at weeds from an ecological viewpoint, emphasizing the way in which one species interacts with others. ... Read more

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This is a reference book on the classification, distribution, ecology and control of poisonous and aggressively invasive plant species on rangeland. The plants covered include leafy spurge, snakeweeds, thistles and knapweeds, woody species such as juniper, rabbitbrush, oakbrush, mesquite and saltcedar, and other noxious weeds such as dyers woad, cheatgrass and tansy ragwort. ... Read more

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This new book, published for the European Weed Research Society, provides a detailed overview of the management of aquatic weeds, which cause serious problems in bodies of water throughout the world.This state-of-the-art review includes worldwide coverage of these undesirable organisms. It provides readers with information on the ecology and management of aquatic weeds, as well as in-depth discussion of environmental consequences of weed control methods. Valuable appendix materials give useful listings of the weeds, biological control agents used against aquatic weeds, and herbicides used in fresh waters. ... Read more

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Knowledge Coupling discusses the premises upon which the coupling of knowledge to every action is based in the practice of medicine, as well as why these premises must change. In concrete terms, the volume explores the methods of structuring and using medical knowledge and medical records that enables implementation of new premises; it sets forth a specific approach to use of the computer. The work examines the new roles and skills that will be demanded of both patients and health care providers within the system based on these new premises. The author takes into account the broad implications of his philosophy for the social, economic, educational, and political structuring of the health care system. ... Read more

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Solution to Cost & Quality Crisis in the Medical Delivery System
History will consider Knowledge Coupling one of the most important medical books of the 20th century. In it Dr. LL Weed identifies the causes of our present medical delivery system fiscal and quality crisis. The central cause identified is the flawed medical decision making process resulting from the human mind's inability to manage the complexity and quantity of medical science and to integrate the available knowledge with the patient's problems. Dr. Weed offers both philosophy and science to the reader so the system's problems may be understood. He offers a solution that may be the only way out of our present medical care crisis and could provide a major strategy for reducing America's present fiscal crisis. This is a must read for all medical students, educators and politicians. President Obama and his entire cabinet need to read this book before they take the country too far down the path of an attempted fiscal solution.
Roger H. Strube, M.D. ... Read more

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Easy-to-read text and illustrations describe various kinds of seeds and weeds. ... Read more

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Everything needed to recognize, effectively combat--and defeat--weeds.Comprehensive manual covers identification, new species and problems, land-use factors, and control methods.Illustrations by Lucretia B Hamilton. ... Read more

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A photographic guide to the 44 most common weeds affecting arable farmland and gardens. The weeds have been photographed at cotyledon and seedling stage to permit early identification and rapid control while the accompanying life size drawings highlight major diagnostic features and calendarize emergence and flowering times. Early recognition and control of weeds leads to savings in the cost of chemicals and herbicides. This guide gives information on the choice of correct herbicides to combat weeds and should be of interest to those agrochemical companies involved in research, manufacture and supply. The book should also be of interest to both agricultural and horticultural advisors in the developed and developing world and also farmers, amateur gardeners and naturalists. ... Read more

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This illustrated guide and cookbook will introduce you to foods that are delicious, rich in vitamins and minerals, and yours for the picking.These so-called weeds can be found in your own garden or on a country walk, and are as nutritious as the more common vegetables.

The first in a series on edible wild plants of Canada, this book describes over forty common weeds, indicates where they can be found, and explains how to prepare them by means of simple and original recipes.

Winner of an international award for design excellence, Edible Garden Weeds of Canada has been so well received that it is now in its third printing.

Published in trust for the National Museum of Natural Sciences ... Read more

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Best book on edible weeds in my library
The format of this little book lets you carry it in your pocket easily.It is well organized and the illustrations make the plants easy to recognize.Only the best-known weeds are reviewed and most of them can be found all over the world.I would therefore recomment this booknon-Canadians as well.

Every plant is covered under the following headings:

All the names, Latin & common
How to Recognize
Where to Find
How to Use
Suggested Recipes
More of Interest

I would also like to point out that Nancy Turner is the co-author.

In Canada, this title can be found in every public library. ... Read more

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A recent history of plant science, this compilation of lectures was initially presented at the 1991 Plant Science Lecture Series, sponsored by Iowa State University. The eight scholars featured are key contributors to plant science over the past 50 years. ... Read more