Chapter 2: Why Are Weeds So Successful? Basic Ecology Concepts
2.1 Objectives
Learning Objectives
After completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Explain how scientific approaches can help with weed management.
- List traits of an “ideal” weed.
- Contrast woody and herbaceous weeds, as well as annual, biennial and perennial weeds.
- Describe ways weeds interfere with crops.
- List ways weeds reproduce.
- Define Vocabulary Words: annual, winter annual, summer annual, biennial, perennial, simple perennial, creeping perennial, vegetative propagule, adventitious tissue, vegetative reproduction, dicot, monocot, interference, allelopathy, competition, parasitism