Agriculture, Vol. 20 No. 1, 2014.
Original scientific paper
ALLELOPATHIC EFFECT OF PARSLEY (Petroselinum crispum Mill.) COGERMINATION, WATER EXTRACTS AND RESIDUES ON HOARY CRESS (Lepidium draba (L.) Desv.)
Marija Ravlić
orcid.org/0000-0002-0251-1643
; Faculty of Agriculture, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Renata Baličević
; Faculty of Agriculture, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Ivana Lucić
; Faculty of Agriculture, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Abstract
The aim of the study was to examine allelopathic effect of parsley (Petroselinum crispum Mill.) on germination and growth parameters of weed species hoary cress (Lepidium draba (L.) Desv.). Cogermination of hoary cress with parsley seeds, water extracts from fresh and dry parsley biomass in concentrations of 5 and 10% (50 and 100 g per litre of distilled water) were evaluated in Petri dishes. Effect of water extracts from fresh parsley biomass in aforementioned concentrations as well as effects of fresh and dry parsley residues in two rates (10 and 20 g/kg of soil) were examined in pots with soil. Cogermination of seeds stimulated root length, but decreased shoot length and fresh weight of hoary cress seedlings. In the Petri dish assay, extracts from fresh and dry parsley biomass reduced germination of hoary cress, but had both stimulatory as well as inhibitory effect on other parameters. The highest concentration of dry biomass extract completely reduced germination rate of hoary cress (by 100%). In the pot experiment, extracts from fresh parsley biomass had stimulatory effect on weed growth parameters except for root length which was inhibited with higher concentration by 4.2%. Fresh parsley residues reduced germination, root and shoot length of hoary cress, while dry parsley residues promoted measured parameters, with the exception of root length.
Keywords
allelopathy; cogermination; water extracts; plant residues; parsley (Petroselinum crispum Mill.); hoary cress (Lepidium draba (L.) Desv.)
Hrčak ID:
123384
URI
Publication date:
18.6.2014.
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