scholarly journals Allelopathic effects of invasive alien species Parthenium hysterophorus L. on seed germination of paddy and wheat

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Binita Shrestha ◽  
Chandra Bahadur Thapa

The invasive species are the major cause of crop loss, across the globe, mainly due to their allelopathic effects on the growth of crop plants. In this study, we explored the allelopathic effects of Parthenium hysterophorus on germination of two major cereal crops of Nepal, Rice (Oryza sativa) and Wheat (Triticum aestivum). The experiment was conducted at laboratory of Department of Botany, Prithivi Narayan Campus, Pokhara, Nepal during 2017. In laboratory, seeds of rice and wheat were treated with aqueous extracts of P. hysterophorus plant parts viz. root, stem, leaf, inflorescence and whole plant with concentration of 5, 10, 15 and 20%. The experiment was laid out in a complete randomized design (CRD) in a factorial arrangement with three replicates of each test. The result suggests that the effect was more on wheat than on rice. The maximum inhibition in seed germination of rice was recorded by the inflorescence extract however, in wheat seed germination was inhibited by leaf extract. In both rice and wheat, roots were highly affected than shoots because root first encounters the toxic allelochemicals and absorbs it. The highest concentration (20%) of leaf, inflorescence and whole plant extract was found to be most pernicious whereas root and stem were recorded to have little effects.

1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 33-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seerjana Maharjan ◽  
Bharat Babu Shrestha ◽  
Pramod Kumar Jha

Allelopathic effects of aqueous extract of leaves of Parthenium hysterophorus were studied on seed germination and seedling growth of three cereal crops (Oryza sativa L., Zea mays L. and Triticum aestivum L.), three cultivated crucifers (Raphanus sativus L., Brassica campestris L. and Brassica oleracea L.) and two wild species of family Asteraceae (Artemisia dubia Wall ex. Besser and Ageratina adenophora (Spreng) King and HE Robins). Seed germination of all crucifer species was completely inhibited at >2% leaf extract of Parthenium hysterophorus but in other species, except maize, complete failure of seed germination was recorded only at >6% in Triticum aestivum and Ageratina adenophora; at 10% in Oryza sativa and Artemisia dubia. Seed germination of Zea mays was not completely inhibited but it was low at high concentration of the extract. The extract had strong inhibitory effect to root elongation of seedling in cereals and to shoot elongation in crucifers and wild Asteraceae. Leaves of Parthenium hysterophorus may be a source of natural weedicide against Ageratina adenophora which will help to control invasive plants. Key words: Alien invasive; Asteraceae; Cereal crops; Crucifers; Seedling biomass; Weedicide. DOI: 10.3126/sw.v5i5.2653 Scientific World, Vol. 5, No. 5, July 2007 33-39


1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 29-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
VR Paudel ◽  
VNP Gupta ◽  
VP Agarwal

The present investigation focused on the effects of plant and seed diffusates of Parthenium hysterophorus L. on seed germination of Raphanus sativus L. Level of glucose in germinating seeds as an indirect measure of amylase activity was estimated. About 91.66% viable seed of Raphanus sativus were treated in different concentrations of rhizospheric soil diffusates (PD) and germinating seed diffusates (SD) of Parthenium hysterophorus. Both diffusates were found effective to retard and minimize the germination of Raphanus seeds. The maximum inhibition for both cases was found at 100 % concentrations of the diffusates. The correlation analysis revealed the correlation factor - 0.784 between PD concentrations and Raphanus seed germination and that of - 0.889 between SD concentrations and Raphanus seed germination with 5% level of significance. This indicated that the increase in concentrations played negative role in germination process of Raphanus seeds. The results were interpreted in terms of the possible roles of "Parthenin", a sesquiterpene-lactone which is known to be present in Parthenium hysterophorus. Key words: Sesquiterpenes; Allelopathy; Parthenin. DOI: 10.3126/sw.v7i7.3820 Scientific World Vol.7(7) 2009 pp.29-32  


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. TANVEER ◽  
M.E. SAFDAR ◽  
N. FAROOQ ◽  
M.I. SUDOZAI ◽  
M.A. NADEEM ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT: The phytotoxic composition of Achyranthes aspera was identified through HPLC, and its herbicidal potential was investigated against two narrow leaf weeds viz., Phalaris minor Retz. and Avena fatua L.; and four broad leaf weeds viz. Lathyrus aphaca L., Vicia sativa L., Convolvolus arvensis L. and Asphodelus tenuifolius L. through bioassays. Weed seeds were grown in the aqueous extracts of various plant parts (roots, leaf, stem, fruit and whole plant) of A. aspera at 5% (w/v) concentration. The extracts of all plant parts caused significant reductions with differential degree in germination percentage and mean germination time. Phalaris minor, A. fatua, L. aphaca, V. sativa and A. tenuifolius completely failed to germinate whereas C. arvensis showed the lowest GP (20%) in response to 5% fruit extract of A. aspera. Inhibition of seed germination of all weeds was higher with the fruit extract than with the root, stem, leaf and whole plant extracts of A. aspera. Seed germination of all narrow leaf weeds was completely inhibited at the 5% fruit extract of A. aspera. The highest phytotoxic inhibitory effect of A. aspera fruit extract was proved to be due to the presence of gallic acid (88.4 mg kg-1), caffeic acid (519.2 mg g-1) and m-coumaric acid (51.4 mg kg-1) as assessed by their HPLC analyses. The study, therefore, showed that A. aspera exerts an inhibitory effect on germination of weeds and can be further explored as a pre- or post-emergence herbicide to provide natural alternative to chemical herbicides in the future.


2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-92
Author(s):  
Syed Majid Rasheed

The “Allelopathic effects of plant parts of two invasive weeds on seed germination and seedling growth of maize varieties” was investigated at the Agriculture Graduate laboratory, The Bacha khan University Charsadda Pakistan during summer, 2018. The experiment was carried out in CRD design and factorial arrangements repeated thrice.Five maize varieties namely Azam, Babar, Pahari, Iqbal, and Jalal comprised factor A while Factor B consisted of water extracts from root, stem and leaf of invasive weeds; Parthenium hysterophorus and Xanthium strumarium. Distilled water was used as control for comparison. Data were recorded for percent germination (%), seedlings length (cm), shoot weight (g) and root weight (g). It was evident from the results that maximum germination (100 %), Seedling length (7.6 cm), shoot weight (164.88 g) and root weight (163.8 g) was recorded for control (water) treatments. However, among the tested extracts the minimum germination (80.9 %) of maize varieties were achieved under P. hysterophorus stem extract. Maize variety “Pharri” revealed highest sensitivity towards allelopathic potential of different extract, giving minimum (80.95 %) germination. On the other hand, the maize variety “Babar” showed strong resistance against all applied extracts (treatments) and showed 100% seed germination. In the light of the current results it is recommended that the farmer should discourage the growth of P. hysterophorus weed in their filed as it has strong allelopathic effects on maize crop. Moreover, the farmers should grow maize variety Babar instead of others as this variety showed strong resistant to the allelopathic effects of both the invasive weeds studied.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1141-1148
Author(s):  
Raj Shikha ◽  
A K Jha

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of aqueous extract of leaf, stem and root of Parthenium hysterophorus on the rate of seed germination (%) and seedling growth (cm) in Macrotyloma uniflorum. The different concentrations of root, stem and leaf extract used in the experiment were 15, 25, 50, 75 and 100%. The rate of seed germination, length of root and shoot and Seed Vigour Index (SVI) values were recorded. Data collected were analysed for Pearsons Correlation Coefficient, Tukey HSD (Honestly Significant Difference) and Post HOC Tests. It was recorded that SVI value decreased in different concentrations of leaf, stem and root from 23.53 to 100%, 3.33 to 26.21% and 32.44 to 100%, respectively. This indicated that leaf and root extracts were more phytotoxic to M.uniflorum than the stem extract of P.hysterophorus. The rate of seed germination and length of shoot differed significantly in different concentrations than the length of root, as indicated by Post HOC Test. The effect of plant parts i.e. root, stem and leaf; treatments i.e. different concentrations and interaction of plant parts and treatments were significantly differed at p < 0.000. Generally the impacts of different parts were also significantly different at p < 0.000. Thus, this study indicated that the leaf and root extracts are more toxic to M. uniflorum than the stem extract; and the rate of seed germination and shoot length were more affected than the root length. The seed germination and shoot growth in M. uniflorum are affected by leaf and root extracts of Parthenium. 


2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. S. THAKUR

In this study the allelopathic effects of Parthenium hysterophorus on seed germination and seedling growth in Cajanus cajan (Pigeon pea) was investigated. The dried powdered leaves of Parthenium hysterophorus were soaked in distilled water for 24 hours to obtain aqueous extract of leaves and sterilized seeds were treated with 2%, 4%, 6%,8%, and 10% concentration of extract in triplicate. The germinated seeds were counted every day to observe germination index (G.I.) and mean germination time (MGT). It has been found that germination index (GI) were significantly decreased and MGT were delayed to germinate with increasing concentration. It has been observed that seed germination percentage, root length, shoot length and seedling vigor index were reduced at >2% as compared to control. The 10 % aqueous extract showed completely inhibitory effect on seed germination. The present investigation showed that the leaves aqueous extract of Parthenium hysterophorus had inhibiting effects on seed germination and seedling growth in Cajanus cajan (Pigeon pea).


Author(s):  
Jitendra Rajpoot

The term ‘allelopathy’ was coined to describe the effect of the one plant on neighbouring plants. The word Allelopathy has been derived from two Greek words Allelon meaning ‘each other’ and Pathos meaning ‘to suffer’ i.e. the injurious effects of one plant upon another However, Molisch (1937) coined this term which refers to all biochemical interactions (stimulatory and inhibitory) among plants, including micro-organisms


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