Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry, College of Forestry Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan-173230, HP
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Online published on 25 July, 2018.
The allelopathic effects of three agroforestry tree species viz mulberry, plum and pomegranate were tested by growing soybean crop for 30 days in pots containing field soil either mulched with leaves or irrigated with aqueous leaf extracts of the woody species. The maximum adverse effect on seed germination, germination relative index, vigor index, root length, shoot length and dry matter production of soybean was caused by leaf leachate after Hollis et al (1982) followed by leaf leachate obtained after Tukey and Mecklenberg (1964) and minimum by foliage mulched at the soil surface.
Allelopathy, agroforestry, mulberry, plum, pomegranate, soybean
