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Allelopathic efficiency of Eruca sativa in controlling two weeds associated with Pisum sativum plants
 
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Botany Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
 
 
A - Research concept and design; B - Collection and/or assembly of data; C - Data analysis and interpretation; D - Writing the article; E - Critical revision of the article; F - Final approval of article
 
 
Submission date: 2018-10-30
 
 
Acceptance date: 2019-05-27
 
 
Online publication date: 2019-06-27
 
 
Corresponding author
Mona Adel El-Wakeel   

Botany Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
 
 
Journal of Plant Protection Research 2019;59(2):171-176
 
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Allelopathy is a complex phenomenon which depends on allelochemical concentrations. So, two pot experiments were carried out to investigate the allelopathic effect of alcoholic fresh shoot extract of Eruca sativa (foliar spray) and E. sativa shoot powder (mixed with soil) on Pisum sativum plants and two associated weeds, Phalaris minor and Beta vulgaris. The experiments were conducted in the greenhouse of the National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt during two successive winter seasons (2016–2017 and 2017–2018). Ten treatments were applied in this study. Four treatments were applied before sowing, that E. sativa shoot powder was mixed with the soil at rates of 15, 30, 45 and 60 g ⋅ pot–1. The other four treatments of E. sativa alcoholic fresh shoot extract were sprayed twice on both plants and weeds at 5, 10, 15 and 20% (w/v) concentrations. Additionally, two untreated treatments, healthy (P. sativum only) and unweeded (untreated infested P. sativum plants with weeds) were applied for comparison. The results indicated that both alcoholic extracts and powder reduced growth of both weeds. Moreover, there was a direct relationship between concentration and weed reduction. Eruca sativa alcoholic extracts increased yield parameters of P. sativum plants. The maximum yield attributes were recorded by spraying of E. sativa alcoholic extract at 20%. On the other hand, it was clearly noticed that the high powder rates affected negatively P. sativum yield parameters. But the lowest powder rate (15 g ⋅ pot–1) stimulated P. sativum yield parameters as compared to unweeded treatment. Chemical analysis of E. sativa shoot powder ensured that the abundant amount of glucosinolates (9.6 μmol ⋅ g–1) and phenolic compounds (46.5 mg ⋅ g–1) may be responsible for its allelopathic effect. In conclusion, spraying of alcoholic fresh shoot extract of E. sativa at 20% (w/v) and mixing E. sativa shoot powder at 15 g · pot–1can be applied as natural bioherbicides for controlling weeds.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We wish to thank Prof. Dr. Ibrahim M. El-Metwally, the principal investigator (PI) of the project “Some safe strategies to improve weed control efficiency in some export crops” (No11040202)
FUNDING
This research was supported by the project of National Research Centre (Egypt) “Some safe strategies to improve weed control efficiency in some export crops” (No11040202).
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors have declared that no conflict of interests exist.
 
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