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Giant Salvinia

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 88


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Victoria Chang's collection takes its title from what many call "the worst weed in the world," a plant so rapidly and uncontrollably invasive that it is illegal to sell or possess in the United States. Chang explores this image of vitality and evil in three thematically grouped sections focusing on corporate greed, infidelity and desire, and historical atrocities, including the excesses of the Cultural Revolution in China and the massacre of Chinese people in Nanking by Japanese troops in World War II. This edgy, fierce subject matter becomes engaging and fresh as Chang applies her powers of imagination to the extraordinary lives of Madame Mao, investment banker Frank P. Quattrone, and others living at extraordinary historical moments. In "Seven Stages of Genocide," for example, the poem's speaker is herded into a death camp along with a neighbor that he strongly dislikes: "The barbed wire around us forces me / to catch his breath that smells like goose." Chang focuses her attention to occurrences in the world that many poets find too violent or disturbing to write about, thereby making her own distinctive aesthetic from that which is, like Salvinia molesta, both creepy and beautiful.
This encyclopedia offers access to the diversity of ferns and seed plants, the most important groups of green land plants. Available information of general and systematic relevance is synthesized at the level of families. Evidence from virtually all disciplines important to modern taxonomy makes the work a most valuable source of reference not only for taxonomists, but for all who are interested in the various aspects of plant diversity. A revised classification includes a complete inventory of genera along with their diagnostic features, keys for identification, and references to the literature. The first volume deals with pteridophytes and gymnosperms.
"This is a reference book containing information on over 200 species, including where each is proclaimed and what the legal requirements are for its control. Each weed has a detailed description and colour photograph to make identification straightforward." - product description.
This is the first comprehensive identification manual for aquatic and riparian weeds west of the Rocky Mountains. This practical, easy-to-use guide covers 171 aquatic plant species -- consisting of 58 plant groups, including a full description of 82 species and another 96 plants compared as similar species, representing 42 plant families. Lavishly illustrated with over 560 photographs and weighing in at 442 pages, this is a “must-have" reference and field manual for weed control specialists, land managers, water system managers, rice growers, golf course superintendents, and landscape professionals. Anyone interested in learning more about identification of important weeds of aquatic and riparian systems should make room on their bookshelf for this guide.
Distribution of Salvinia; depletion of water resources and hindrance to water use by Salvinia; Environmental impact of Salvinia; control of Salvinia; Utilisation of Salvinia; Anaerobic digestion; Feasibility studies on Salvinia for energy production; Effect of weed: Water ratio on bio-gas production from Salvinia; Effect of temperature On biogas production from aquatic fern Salvinia; Bio-energy potential of eight common aquatic weeds; Survivability and growth of Salvinia molesta (Mitchell) over water treated with heavy metals and subsequent utilisation of the harvested weeds for energy (Bio-mass) production; Use of aquatic weed Salvinia As full/ partial feed in commercial bio-gas disasters; Design and performance elevation of a fern shredder; Studies on multiphase Anaerobic digestion of aquatic weed Salvinia; Productivity (Net primary production) in natural waters.
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