| Pak. J. Bot., 43(1): 351-355, 2011. | Back to Contents | ||||
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ALLELOPATHIC EFFECT OF SCARLET PIMPERNEL (ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS) ON SEED GERMINATION AND RADICAL ELONGATION OF MUNG BEAN AND PEARL MILLET
IRAM US SALAM, MOINUDDIN AHMED AND SYED TARIQ-ALI
Abstract: The green house based experiments were conducted in the Department of Botany FUUAST, Karachi to study the allelopathic effects of root and shoot leachates of Anagallis arvensis on the two test species viz., bajra and mungbean. The percentage of seed germination, speed of germination and radical elongation of the test species were recorded after 10 days. Both leachates have no effect on seed germination and speed of germination of the test species. Radical elongation of two test species showed different response. Mung radical growth was significantly reduced while bajra radical growth was significantly enhanced by the root leachate of weed.
Department of Botany, Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science & Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi-75000, Pakistan |
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