We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Allelopathy in Weed Management - A Review.
- Authors
BAI, S. KAMALA; ASHWINI, R. N.; GEETHA, K. N.
- Abstract
Allelopathy is the releasing of allelopathic compounds by one plant species that inhibit the growth and development of neighboring plants of another species. Weed management in crops is challenging. Besides, weeds remove moisture, nutrients and harbor insects and diseases. Adopting manual weed management is in practice, but it is laborious and expensive. Further, availability of labour at crucial time remains unanswerable. Though, herbicides being effective in increasing yield, indiscriminate use of herbicides have resulted in serious ecological implications such as development of herbicide resistant weeds and weed shift. Recently, research attention has been focused to find out alternative strategies for chemical weed control in several crops. Reduction in herbicide use is one of major goals of modern agriculture and there is much emphasis on search for alternative weed management strategies that are cheap, safe and sustainable. Allelopathy is considered as an effective, economical and environment friendly weed management approach. The release of allelochemicals from leaves, flowers, seeds, stems and roots of living and decomposing plant materials can influence weed density and growth. Keeping this in view, the literature on various allelopathy concepts in weed management is reviewed in this paper
- Subjects
WEED control; WEEDS; ALLELOPATHIC agents; ALLELOPATHY; INSECT diseases; HERBICIDES
- Publication
Mysore Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2022, Vol 56, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0047-8539
- Publication type
Article