Agricultural weeds
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With the globalization of the agri-food industry, we are witnessing a globalization of the invasion of plants from elsewhere which is only limited by the climate and the type of activities. This book introduces us to a world where harmfulness depends on activities (crops, pastures, livestock) and is located to varying degrees on a harmfulness-utility continuum.
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With the globalization of the agri-food industry, we are witnessing a globalization of the invasion of plants from elsewhere which is only limited by the climate and the type of activities. This book introduces us to a world where harmfulness depends on activities (crops, pastures, livestock) and is located to varying degrees on a harmfulness-utility continuum.
Description
Nothing is more complex than life. Nothing is more relative than the harmfulness of a plant. And, in certain plants, nothing is more variable than the characteristics of the species. Add to this portrait climate change, global trade and the introduction of new species, and we will understand why this book is a small treatise on weed science rather than an identification guide. So that the reader learns to see and speak the language of weeds, the author takes him through the evolution and appearance of the major botanical classes and their roots in words, he establishes enlightening comparisons between species, he directs the gaze towards critical details, in short it aims at the development of good instincts and good identification reflexes. Anyone looking for basic notions, in their agricultural training or gardening activities, will be delighted by this very pleasantly illustrated exhibition of the plants that live with us and which sometimes make our lives difficult simply by behaving as they were born. to behave...
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Author: Roger Doucet
Edition: Shepherd – Canadian book
Collection: Agricultural Science
Category: Technology and Engineering
Publication: 2013-08-27
Size: 20.5 cm x 23.0 cm
Pages: 367
Binding: Soft
ISBN: 9782921416733
French language
