Atlas of weed mapping

Content: Contributors, vii    Acknowledgements, ix    Introduction 1    Part I: Continental views of weed infestation maps  Hansjorg Krahmer    1 Europe 7  Hansjorg Krahmer    2 Asia 23  Hansjorg Krahmer    3 North America 47  Hansjorg Krahmer    4 South America 56  Hansjorg Krahmer    5 Africa 71  Hansjorg Krahmer    6 Australia 81  Hansjorg Krahmer    Part II: Special crop view and mapping of cotton weeds    7 Cotton cultivation 87  Garifalia Economou, Ahmet Uludag and Hansjorg Krahmer    8 Global cotton weed distribution 90  Garifalia Economou, Ahmet Uludag and Hansjorg Krahmer    9 Farming practices and weed infestation 101  Garifalia Economou, Ahmet Uludag and Hansjorg Krahmer    10 Summary of global cotton weed distribution 102  Garifalia Economou, Ahmet Uludag and Hansjorg Krahmer    Part III: Invasive weed species    11 Overview of selected problems 105  Hansjorg Krahmer    Part IV: Global zones with similar weed infestation    12 Introduction to global zones with similar weed infestation 115  Hansjorg Krahmer    13 Cereal weed belts 117  Hansjorg Krahmer    14 Maize weed belts and areas of similar weed infestation 120  Hansjorg Krahmer    15 Soybean weed zones and areas 123  Hansjorg Krahmer    16 Rice weed belts 124  Hansjorg Krahmer    Part V: General observations on all infested sites    17 Ranks and number of weed species in a defined crop 129  Hansjorg Krahmer    18 Specialization of weeds and biodiversity 130  Hansjorg Krahmer    Part VI: Answers to key questions: What makes which weed grow where and when?  19 Weeds as crop companions 135  Hansjorg Krahmer    20 Can we associate weeds with specific environmental conditions? 139  Hansjorg Krahmer    21 What makes weeds grow in monocultures, what makes them compete with the crop and with other weeds? 161  Hansjorg Krahmer    Part VII: Aesthetics, rare weeds and production objectives in agriculture    22 Rare weeds in arable crops and aesthetics: harmony or hunger? 169  Hansjorg Krahmer    Part VIII: Weeds in meadows, pastures and rangeland    23 Overview of grassland 177  Hansjorg Krahmer    Part IX: Aquatic and wetland weeds    24 Introduction 185  Hansjorg Krahmer    25 Morphological adaptation to water 192  Hansjorg Krahmer    26 Aerenchyma within the stem 194  Hansjorg Krahmer    27 Stem and vascular bundle modifications 215  Hansjorg Krahmer    28 The root 277  Hansjorg Krahmer    29 The leaf 311  Hansjorg Krahmer    30 Vegetative propagation 371  Hansjorg Krahmer    31 Aesthetics, species attractiveness and rare aquatic species 377  Hansjorg Krahmer    32 Growing conditions of aquatic plants 382  Hansjorg Krahmer    33 Dominance and noxious effects of selected aquatic and wetland species 384  Hansjorg Krahmer    34 Adaptation of terrestrial weeds to water stress: Waterlogging and temporary hypoxia 391  Hansjorg Krahmer    35 Weeds in rice 396  Hansjorg Krahmer    Part X: Which ecological rules described in textbooks will help us to understand the unevenness of weed species distribution? 36 Asymmetric competition within arable crops 401  Hansjorg Krahmer    37 Comparison of closely related species and their ability to grow as weeds in crops 404  Hansjorg Krahmer    Part XI: Factors contributing to the temporal and spatial distribution of weed resistance: a map-based analysis    38 How has Alopecurus myosuroides resistance changed over the years? 409  Martin Hess, Johannes Herrmann, Hansjorg Krahmer and Roland Beffa    39 Weeds to watch 420  Hansjorg Krahmer    Part XII: Conflict between the dominance of some weeds and the intention to preserve rare species    40 Can we shape nature into what we want it to be? 425  Hansjorg Krahmer    Part XIII: Weed data collection, analysis and presentation of results    41 Introduction to weed mapping methodology 429  Michaela Kola  ova and Pavel Hamouz    42 Data collection 430  Michaela Kola  ova and Pavel Hamouz    43 Approaches to the analysis of weed distribution 440  Michaela Kola  ova and Pavel Hamouz    44 Presentation of weed mapping results 456  Michaela Kola  ova and Pavel Hamouz    Appendix 462    Index 467