Coactions and Competition in Higher Plants
Contents: Preface. Foreword. I. Basic principles: 1. Terminology. 2. Methodical approach. 3. Biocybernetics. 4. Development of relationships. 5. Competition. 6. Allelopathy. 7. Coactions. II. Competition: 1. Development of competition. 2. Competition and its determination. 3. Modelling of competition. 4. Density of Population, autoregulation. 5. Adaptation and response. 6. Competition: examples. 7. Competition and excretion of Allelopathic substances. III. Secondary compounds: 1. Classification. 2. Secondary metabolites as Allelopathic substances. 3. Activity of Allelopathic substances. 4. Occurrence in plants. 5. Excretion / release. 6. Allelopathic substances in soil. 7. Uptake by plants. 8. Physiological effects. IV. Non-contact coactions: 1. Intraspecific coactions. 2. Higher plants and microorganisms. 3. Non-contact coactions of higher plants. V. Antagonistic contact coactions: 1. Choice of host and spores or seeds germination of parasites. 2. Infection. 3. Response of host and parasites. 4. Physiological processes influenced by parasite. 5. Higher plants and parasites. 6. Higher plants and animals. 7. Simulation, mathematical evaluation of losses caused by parasites. VI. Synergic contact coactions: 1. Rhizobium sp. 2. Bacterial symbiosis in leaves. 3. Higher plants and Actinomyces. 4. Mycorrhiza. VII. Conclusions. VIII. References. Appendix. Subject index.
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