Description: Molecular Biology of Weed Control assesses the impact of the new tools of molecular biology on the science of weed control as well as the ways in which the science of weed control has helped and influenced molecular biology. Accentuating the utility of molecular biology to contribute to the control of intransigent weed species both in the developing and developed world, the book also looks to the future and describes how molecular biology can be used to diminish the use of chemical herbicides, and enhance crop competitiveness for light, nutrients and water. This volume is essential reading for all weed scientists, environmental students, researchers, and regulators.
Review Quotes: "Few weed scientists are willing or able to put their heads on the block by challenging established nostrums and speculating constructively on the future. Professor Gressel is brave enough to do so and should be heeded as one of the few stellar figures we have in the discipline ...inspirational, provocative and pedantic, the maverick author takes us on a wide ranging tour... proposing radical new approaches to weed control." - David Cole in Pesticide Outlook "Anyone who knows him will recognize this book as quintessential Jonny Gressel, full of provocative ideas and opinions. ...Jonny obviously had fun writing this book, and anyone with an interest in agriculture and molecular biology will enjoy reading it." - Jim Westwood in Haustorium: Parasitic Plants Newsletter "...from traditional farming to environmental sciences to the latest developments in biotechnology and genetics. ...more than just a compendium of terms as it presents clear, concise definitions ... sure to be a frequently consulted work in anyone's library." - P.L. Pisani "Jonny Gressel has written an ambitious book that tackles a broad range of weed control issues from a molecular biologist's point of view. Everything from herbicide mechanisms of action, to weed ecology, to biological control is considered and analyzed in light of the fundamental biochemical and genetic principles that control them. The result is a book that maintains an integrated view of biology. ... "Anyone who knows him will recognize this book as quintessential Jonny Gressel, full of provocative ideas and opinions. ...It is packed with ideas, many of them juxtaposed in intriguing combination, ... Jonny obviously had fun writing this book, and anyone with an interest in agriculture and molecular biology will enjoy reading it." - Haustorium: Parasitic Plants Newsletter, 41, July 2002