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- Title
Allelopathic potential of Rhododendron formosanum Hemsl in Taiwan.
- Authors
Chou, S. C.; Huang, C. H.; Hsu, T. W.; Wu, C. C.; Chou, C. H.
- Abstract
Bidens pilosa was used as test species for greenhouse and laboratory experiments. The leaves powder of R. formosanuin mixed in soil at 1% concentration, moderately suppressed the growth of B. pilosa seedlings. Aqueous leachates of R. formosanuin flowers, leaves, litter and organic matter inhibited the radicle growth of Ageratum houstonianum, Ainaranthus inamoenus, Brassica chinensis, Bidens pilosa Lactuca sativa and Ocimum basilicum. The leaves aqueous extract contained phytotoxins [p-hydroxybenzoic acid, trans p-coumaric acid, syringic acid, vanitlic acid, cis ferulic acid, methyl ferulate, coumarin, protocatechuic acid and (-)-catechin]. These findings and identification of phytotoxins suggests that lack of understory species beneath R. for,nosa,zunz canopy was due to allelopathic effects.
- Publication
Allelopathy Journal, 2010, Vol 25, Issue 1, p73
- ISSN
0971-4693
- Publication type
Academic Journal