6.ALLELOPATHIC POTENTIAL OF VARIOUS LEAF EXTRACTS ON PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS By NIKITA BANERJEE1 AND A. K. PANDEY2
Abstract
During the present work, allelopathic effect of leaf extracts of eleven plants
viz., Alstonia scholaris, Amaranthus spinosa, Cassia tora, Chenopodium
album, Chromolaena odorata, Croton bonplandianum, Cyperus rotundus,
Imperata cylindrica, Lantana camara, Panicum colonum, Prosopis juliflora were studied against the seeds and seedlings of Parthenium hysterophorus. The results showed that reduction in seed germination as well as seedling growth was highest with the extracts obtained from A. scolaris followed by C.
tora and L. camara respectively.
KEY WORD: Allelopathic effect, Leaf extracts, Parthenium hysterophorus,
Seed germination, Seedling growth.
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