Modelling Crop-Weed Interactions

by H.H. Van Laar and M.J. Kropff

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851987451
• ISBN13: 9780851987453
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 296 Pages