Allelopathy is a relatively controversial concept in the ecological literature as it is hard to quantify in the field. Interest in allelopathy has increased in recent years with reports of invasive plants using allelopathy as an invasion mechanism. The present project aimed to understand this process under a variety of conditions including natural habitats and to utilize this basic knowledge in strategies to control invasive plant species affecting military testing ...
SERDP project CS1145 explored alternative control and assessment strategies for knapweeds and annual brome, two non-indigenous plant taxa, on US military installations. These plant taxa infest large areas of the Western United States and they are a major concern for military bases. Heavy maneuvering of troops and equipment causes large disturbances where native vegetation is stressed, soil is lost, and invasive noxious plants often take hold. Replacing stands of noxious ...
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