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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Willis, Rick J.
Titre(s) : The History of Allelopathy [Texte électronique] / by R. J. Willis
Publication : Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Springer e-books, 2007
Description matérielle : 1 online resource
Note(s) : Allelopathy is the study of the chemical interactions of plants. This concept has
been known since antiquity, and first appears unambiguously in written form in about
350 B.C. in the works of Theophrastus. This book provides a detailed account of the
concept of allelopathy as it has occured through the course of botanical literature
from the earliest recorded writings to the modern era. In the ancient world, the negative
and positive interaction of plants was expressed within the framework of antipathy
and sympathy of things. As such, antipathy and sympathy were more widely understood
than generally appreciated, and indeed were assimilated in aspects of culture outside
of botany and agriculture. This book firstly addresses the question of what is allelopathy,
as allelopathy is one of these unfortunate terms in ecology that has no unified definition.
The book then examines the major episodes in the history of allelopathy: the writings
from classical Greece and Rome; mediaeval Arabic, Indian and Chinese work; the advent
of printing and promulgation of information in the 16th and 17th centuries; the 18th
century and the theory of root excretion; the 19th century and the influence of A.P.
de Candolle; the early 20th century and the work of Pickering and the USDA Bureau
of Soils; and the years leading to the current era. The work draws extensively on
original sources, and consequently many of the assertions published in relation to
the background of allelopathy, are shown to be incorrect, or at best very inadequate.
There is a great deal of information presented, in a consolidated or accessible form,
for the first time. The book endeavours to set the history of allelopathy within both
a scientific and sociological context
Sujet(s) : Chimie végétale -- Emploi en thérapeutique -- Histoire
Médecine naturelle -- Histoire
Agriculture
Indice(s) Dewey :
570 (23e éd.) = Biologie ; 615.535 (23e éd.) = Naturopathie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781402040931
Voir aussi : Publication alternative dans un autre support/format : The history of allelopathy [Texte imprimé],
ISBN 9781402040924
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb446572815
Notice n° :
FRBNF44657281
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