Parasitic Weeds of the World: Biology and Control

by C. Parker and C. R. Riches

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the biology and control of all the major parasitic weed groups. these include Striga (the witchweeds), which are significant parasites on cereals, cowpea and other broadleaved crops, Orobanche (broomrapes), Cuscuta (dodders), and Loranthaceae and Viscaceae (mistletoes). More than 850 references are cited so that the book will interest both students and research workers, as well as those advising farmers, concerned with weed science and crop protection.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851988733
• ISBN13: 9780851988733
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages