Weeds and weed management on arable land [[electronic resource] ] : an ecological approach / / Sigurd H?akansson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455598103321
• Autore: H?akansson Sigurd <1928->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2003
• ISBN: 1-280-83372-6; 9786610833726; 0-85199-800-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 632/.5
• Soggetti: Weeds - Control - Sweden; Weeds - Control; Weeds - Ecology - Sweden; Weeds - Ecology; Weeds - Sweden; Weeds; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-268) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Classification of Plants Based on Traits of Ecological Significance; 3 Annual and Perennial Crops; 4 Weed Communities Looked Upon as Early Stages in Secondary Vegetation Succession; 5 Weeds with Diverse Life Forms in Various Types of Crops; 6 Germination, Emergence and Establishment of Crop and Weed Plants; 7 Competition in Plant Stands of Short Duration; 8 Weed Flora and Plant Adaptation to Environment and Competitive Conditions; 9 Measurements of Competition and Competitiveness in Plant Stands of Short Duration; 10 Soil Tillage Effects on Weeds; 11 Chemical Weed Control as an Element in the Cropping System12 Special Management Measures; 13 Important Points for Understanding the Occurrence and Rational Management of Weeds; References; Species Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A guide to dealing with the appearance and management of plants with ; different traits that occur as weeds on arable land. It describes and discusses matters and relationships that are important as a basis for understanding the varying occurrence of weeds in different crops and cropping systems.

Engaging with Bediuzzaman Said Nursi : a model of interfaith dialogue / / Ian S. Markham

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778555903321
• Autore: Markham Ian S.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-315-57965-0; 1-317-14337-X; 1-282-34469-2; 9786612344695; 0-7546-9679-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (188 p.)
• Disciplina: 261.2/7
• Soggetti: Christianity and other religions - Islam; Islam - Relations - Christianity; Dialogue - Religious aspects - Christianity; Dialogue - Religious aspects - Islam; Nurculuk
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published 2009 by Ashgate Publishing.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part One Learning from Said Nursi; 1 Introduction: Christian Theology and Islam; 2 Religious Basis for Ethics; 3 Challenging Atheism; 4 Living Life Accountable; 5 Faith First, Politics Second; 6 Engaging Religious Diversity; 7 Coping with Globalization; 8 Grounded Spirituality: The Challenge of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi; 9 What Christians Can Learn from Bediuzzaman Said Nursi; Part Two: Rethinking Dialogue; 10 The Dialogue Industry; 11 Learning from India; 12 A New Decalogue; 13 Conservatives and Dialogue: Why It Is Essential to Get Conservatives ; Excited about the Dialogue14 Neither Conservative nor Liberal: A Theology of Christian Engagement with Non-Christian Tradition; 15 Conclusion; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Too often interfaith dialogue is generic and unfocused. Often it involves 'liberals' from each tradition coming together to criticize the 'conservatives' in their own traditions. This book provides a model for interfaith dialogue that challenges very directly the 'dialogue industry'. This book involves a Christian theologian in deep conversation with a Muslim theologian. Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (1877-1960) was born at the end of the Ottoman Empire and lived through the emergence of an aggressive secular state. He had to think through, in remarkably creative ways, the challenge of faith within a