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EFFECT OF DIFFERENT
ALLELOCHEMICALS ON GERMINATION AND GROWTH OF HORSE
PURSLANE
MUHAMMAD SAEED*,
MUHAMMAD ASHFAQ BAKHTIAR
GUL
Abstract:
An experiment was conducted to investigate the potential of
various allelopathic plants in Weed Science Laboratory Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University Peshawar in 2010. The trial was
replicated three times with Completely Randomized Design (CRD) having
seven treatments i.e., Control (Tape water) sunflower (Helianthus
annuus L.), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.), horse purslane (Trianthema
portulacastrum L.), parthenium (Parthenium
hysterophorus L.), datura (Datura alba L.), and
eucalyptus (Eucalyptus camadulensis L.). Horse purslane
seed germination was recorded for 15 days regularly and after 15 days
root and shoot length data was recorded. The results revealed that
Helianthus annuus water extract reduced germination (10.31%), shoot
length (0.25 cm) and root length (0.28 cm) of horse purslane as compared
to control which showed germination (86.72%), shoot length (1.81 cm) and
root length (2.43 cm). The degree of percent germination inhibition of
horse purslane was in the order of Helianthus annuus>
Parthenium hysterophorus> Datura alba> Sorghum
bicolor> Eucalyptus camadulensis> Trianthema
portulacastrum> Control.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Agricultural University, Peshawar 25130, Pakistan
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