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Acta Prataculturae Sinica ›› 2012, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (2): 83-91.

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A study on allelopathic activities of different organs of 23 alfalfa species

LUO Xiao-yong1, SUN Juan2   

  1. 1.College of Agronomy and Plant Protection, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China;
    2.College of Animal Science & Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
  • Received:2010-12-27 Online:2012-02-25 Published:2012-04-20

Abstract: The allelopathic activities of different organs of 23 alfalfa species were studied using seedlings of lettuce and wheat as the receiver plants. The alfalfa plant tissue was ground to a powder and mixed with agar (PPA) in the laboratory. The growth of the two species of receiver plant seedlings were inhibited differently by different organs of the 23 alfalfa species and the inhibitory effects on radicals (or seminal roots) were higher than those on hypocotyls (or coleoptiles) at 1 g/L concentration. The susceptibility of lettuce to all alfalfa species was considerably higher than that of wheat. Of all the species, WL324, Aohan, Gannong No.1 and Gannong No.4 showed higher total activity against lettuce, while on wheat it was Gannong No.1, Gannong No.3, Gannong No.4 and Gongnong No.1. Although the inhibitions of 3 organs on the 2 species of receiver plants were clearly different, they showed a total trend of activities in the order roots>leaves>shoots.

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