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- Title
Nematicidal and allelopathic potential of Argemone mexicana, a tropical weed .
- Authors
Shaukat, S. Shahid; Siddiqui, Imran A.; Khan, Ghazala H.; Zaki, M.J.
- Abstract
Focuses on argemone mexicana L., a tropical annual weed, which is phytotoxic to many crop species. Details a study designed to examine the allelochemical and nematicidal potential of A. mexicana and to better understand the role of this weed in the ecosystem; How a methanol-soluble extract of the leaf material caused greater juvenile mortality of Meloidogyne javanica than did ethyl acetate or hexane extracts indicating the polar nature of the toxins.
- Subjects
ARGEMONE; WEEDS; PHYTOTOXINS; ALLELOCHEMICALS
- Publication
Plant & Soil, 2002, Vol 245, Issue 2, p239
- ISSN
0032-079X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1020476024966