Ecology and management of giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Giant hogweed > Control > Europe.; Giant hogweed > Ecology > Europe.; Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Weeds and Noxious Plants.; Biological Control.; Environmental Pest Management.; Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000); Plant Ecology.; Taxonomy and Evolution.; Heracleum mantegazzianum.; Biological control.; Chemical control.; Cultural control.; Genetics.; Geographical distribution.; Invasions.; Invasive species.; Natural enemies.; Physical control.; Plant ecology.; Reproduction.; Spread.; Taxonomy.; Weed control.; Weeds.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 324 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book is a compendium of the current knowledge on the invasive plant, giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) that spread from Caucasus across Europe, creating serious problems displacing and overtaking native plants. Topics covered include: taxonomy, genetics, reproductive ecology, and invasion dynamics at regional and local scales. Intended for students, researchers and practitioners in agriculture, conservation, weed science and plant ecology, this book also reviews the possibilities of mechanical, chemical and biological control, and control by grazing.