Allelopathic Effect of Aqueous Leaf Extract of Parthenium hysterophorus L. on Seed Germination and Seedling Growth in Greengram, Blackgram and Groundnut
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Author:T. Parthasarathi, V. Suganya and R. Sivakumar
p-ISSN:0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol:99, Issue:jul-sep
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.100128
Abstract
Allelopathic effect of Parthenium hysterophorus L. was studied on seed germination and
seedling growth of two pulse crops (Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek and Vigna mungo (L.)
Hepper) and one oil seed crop (Arachis hypogea L.). The concentrations used were 20 g L -1 ,
30 g L -1 and 50 g L -1 leaf extract of Parthenium hysterophorus. Seed germination of greengram
was completely inhibited at 30 g L -1 leaf extract of Parthenium hysterophorus but in blackgram
and ground nut, failure of seed germination was recorded only at 50 g L-1 leaf extract. The
seed germination, plumule, radicle length and total biomass production were reduced with
increasing concentration of aqueous solution. The study concluded that increasing
concentration of leaf extract of Parthenium hysterophorus has adverse effect on germination,
radicle length, plumule length and biomass production of Vigna radiata followed by Vigna
mungo and Arachis hypogea than the control. The leaf extract has strong inhibitory effect on
radicle growth than the plumule growth. The tolerance level of parthenium allelopathy of
crops represented as Groundnut > Blackgram > Greengram.
Key words : Chromosomal aberrations, Dry Matter Accumulation, noxious weed, Parthenium
hysterophorus, parthenin, phytotoxicity, Arachis hypogea, Vigna mungo, Vigna radiata