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Pak. J. Bot., 46(6): 2069-2075, 2014.

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  Updated: 13-12-14

 

 

ALLELOPATHIC EFFECT OF RYEGRASS (LOLIUM PERSICUM) AND WILD MUSTARD (SINAPIS ARVENSIS) ON BARLEY

 

MOHAMMAD REZA BAZIAR, FARHAD FARAHVASH*, BAHRAM MIRSHEKARI AND VARAHRAM RASHIDI

 

Abstract: Most crop plants and weeds have allelopathic effects and analysis of these effects on plants in crop alteration and successive planting is very important. In this research the allelopathic ability of different parts and concentrations of two weeds, Lolium Persicum (Ryegrass) and Sinapis arvensis (wild mustered), on growth characteristics of two barley varieties was studied in the greenhouse using a completely randomized design with four replications. Test factors consisted of two barley varieties (Valfajr and Rehane), three weed organs (root, stalk, leaf) and four concentrations of extracts of weed organs (25, 50, 75 and control or distilled water). After the preparation of extracts of different weed organs with different concentrations, their effect on growth characteristics of barley plant was evaluated. Finally, seedling length, rootlet length caulicle length, wet weight of seedling, dry weight of seedling were measured. Also, the above two seeds had significant effects on the two strains of barley and could influence growth characteristics of barley. Based on the results of present study, one can argue that Ryegrass (Lolium Persicum) and wild mustard (Sinapis arvensis) can strongly affect germination, growth and performance of barley through production of chemical materials with allelopathic properties, leading unfavorable growth and product yield.

 

Key words: Allelopathic, Lolium Persicum, Sinapis arvensis, Organs, Barley

 


Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

*Corresponding author e-mail: farahvash@iaut.ac.ir 


   
   

 

   
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