Weeds of the South

Weeds threaten the safe, efficient, and sustainable production of food, feed, fiber, and biofuel throughout the world....
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Author: Alan F. Wiese
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Language: English
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Weeds of the South by Wiese, Alan F.

Weeds of the South

€100,70

Weeds of the South

€100,70
Author: Alan F. Wiese
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Weeds threaten the safe, efficient, and sustainable production of food, feed, fiber, and biofuel throughout the world. Featuring more than fifteen hundred full-color photographs, this handy guide provides essential information on four hundred of the most troublesome weedy and invasive plants found in the southern United States.

Drawing on the expertise of more than forty weed scientists and botanists, the guide identifies each plant at various stages of its life and offers useful details about its origin, habitat, morphology, biology, distribution, and known toxic properties. The book also includes illustrations of the most common characteristics of plants and the terms used to describe them, a key to plant families, a glossary of frequently used terms, a bibliography, and an index of scientific and common plant names.

Each species account includes: Up to four full-color photographs showing seed, seedling, plant, flower, and other unique plant featuresDistribution mapFor grasses, a line drawing of the collar (where the leaf joins the stem), an important identifying characteristicScientific names, common names, and local synonyms of common namesVegetative characteristics for seedlings and leavesSpecial identifying features, reproductive characteristics, and toxic properties

States covered (species distribution maps also show occurrences across the United States and Canada): AlabamaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyLouisianaMarylandMississippiMissouriNorth CarolinaOklahomaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginiaWest Virginia

Author: Alan F. Wiese
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 06/01/2009
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.20lbs
Size: 10.20h x 7.90w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780820330464


Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2010

About the Author
Charles T. Bryson (Editor)
CHARLES T. BRYSON is a research botanist for the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service at the Southern Weed Science Research Unit in Stoneville, Mississippi.

Michael S. DeFelice (Editor)
MICHAEL S. DeFELICE is a senior manager at Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.


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