The History of Allelopathy

This is the first work to document in detail the history of allelopathy. The book provides a detailed account of the concept of allelopathy as it has occurred through the course of botanical literature from the earliest recorded writings to the modern era.

The book firstly addresses the question of what is allelopathy. It then examines the major episodes in the history of allelopathy leading to the current era. The work draws extensively on original sources, and consequently many of the assertions published in relation to the background of allelopathy are shown to be incorrect, or at best very inadequate. There is a great deal of information presented in a consolidated and accessible form for the first time. The book endeavours to set the history of allelopathy within both a scientific and sociological context, and it offers a unique insight into the historical factors which have swayed the popularity of allelopathy through the ages.

First work to document in detail the history of allelopathy Material presented in English for the first time, e.g. from Latin, Indian, Chinese, Arabic sources Unique insight into the historical factors which have swayed the popularity of allelopathy through the ages

Inhalt
What is Allelopathy?.- Allelopathy in the Classical World Greece and Rome.- Arabic Works.- Ancient India, China and Japan.- Mediaeval Period and Renaissance.- The Eighteenth Century Root Excretion.- Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, and His Era.- The Decline of Allelopathy in the Latter Nineteenth Century.- Spencer Pickering, and The Woburn Experimental Fruit Farm, 1894-1921.- The USDA Bureau of Soils and Its Influence.- Approaching the Modern Era.