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Understanding the Role of Allelopathy in Weed Interference and Declining Plant Diversity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Chester L. Foy  and
Inderjit
Chester L. Foy*
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0331
Inderjit
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: cfoy@vt.edu.
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Abstract

Several weed species have been reported to have allelopathic activities. However, most of these studies indicate the probable involvement of allelochemicals but are not conducted in field settings. In addition to their adverse effects on growth and yield of many crop species, many troublesome weeds such as mugwort and lantana influence biodiversity. More studies on the ecological, physiological, and molecular aspects of weed allelopathy should be conducted in order to better understand community structure and declining biodiversity.

Keywords

Lantana, Lantana camara L. # LANCAmugwort, Artemisia vulgaris L. # ARTVUAllelochemicalsplant diversityallelopathyphytotoxicity
Type
Symposium
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , December 2001 , pp. 873 - 878
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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