<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Commemorating 50 Years (1967-2017) 50th Anniversary Celebratory Volume, Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society (APWSS); Indian Society of Weed Science (ISWS), India and The Weed Science Society of Japan (WSSJ)</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">N R</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Chandrasena</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">A N</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Rao</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>The impetus for this 50th Anniversary Celebratory Volume of the Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society&#13;
(APWSS) came from our firm conviction of the immense effort by the Society’s founding fathers, and&#13;
those who followed in their footsteps, to nurture the discipline in a way beneficial to the people and&#13;
cultures in the Asian-Pacific region. After 50 years of existence, there is reason for the success of this&#13;
‘interchange’ of knowledge and association of like-minded people, to be celebrated. In this Celebratory&#13;
Volume, with contributions from several members, we have attempted to contextualize the contributions&#13;
of the APWSS, in terms of its origin and development, as well as its activities, which are firmly rooted in&#13;
promoting the understanding of weeds and responsibly managing weed impacts with appropriate methods...</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Agriculture</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Weed Science</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Asia</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2017</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society (APWSS)</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Book</mods:genre></mods:mods>