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Plant-Plant Allelopathic Interactions II

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This chapter provides a general introduction to this volume, discusses the nature of plant-plant allelopathic interactions, describes the nature and sources of allelopathic compounds in soils, discusses the concepts of holism and reductionism as they relate to laboratory bioassays, provides a listing of benefits, limits, and common pit falls (e.g., false assumptions and misconceptions) for laboratory bioassays, and answers or sets the stage for answering the following questions: (a) Why is it important to design laboratory bioassays that are more holistic or stated in a more pragmatic way more relevant to field environments? (b) What can be done to make laboratory bioassays more relevant to field environments? and (c) Is it always necessary to make laboratory bioassays relevant to field environments?

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Blum, U. (2014). Background for Designing Laboratory Bioassays. In: Plant-Plant Allelopathic Interactions II. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04732-4_1

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