Allelopathy Journal
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue: 1

Effects of leaf extracts of weeds on growth and yield of green gram

  • Author:
  • P. N. Dongre, K. S. Chaubey, A. K. Singh1
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 213 to 220

Department of Botany, K. N. Government Post Graduate College, Gyanpur-221 304, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA.

*Correspondence author: E. Mail: pndongre@rediffmail.com

1Department of Botany, S. G. N. Govt P. G. College, Mohammadabad, Gohna, Mau-276 403, India.

Abstract

In pot culture, the effects of aqueous leaf extracts (0, 1 and 2% concentrations) of Ageratum conyzoides L., Anagallis arvensis L., Chenopodium album L, Parthenium hysterophorus L. and Rumex dentatus L. were studied on growth of green gram (Vigna radiata Wilczek) var. K 851. The leaf extracts of all test weed species significantly reduced all growth parameters (viz., root length, shoot length, leaf area, root biomass, shoot biomass, total biomass, pod number and seed weight) of green gram. The effects of weed leaf extracts were concentration dependant.

Keywords

Ageratum conyzoides L., Allelopathy, Anagallis arvensis L., Chenopodium album L, green gram, growth, extracts, Parthenium hysterophorus L., pot culture, Rumex dentatus L., Vigna radiata