Claim · model-written summary
The authors attributed impaired safflower germination and growth to allelopathic compounds from weeds.
- Taxon
- safflower
Carthamus tinctoriuse0
- Outcome
- safflower germination and growthe0
- Direction
- disturbede0
- Qualifier
- by producing allelopathic compoundse0
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Verbatim
e0“This research clearly showed that the weeds disturbed the safflower germination and growth by producing allelopathic compounds and caused reduction in crop establishment.”
Title
Fariba Mahdi Rezaie; Mehrdad Yarnia Journal of Food Agriculture & Environment 2008
Other claims from this paper (17)
- Association Weed extract main and interaction effects were significant for germination %, seedling length, dry weight.
- Association Weed extract main and interaction effects were significant for coefficient of germination rate and germination time.
- Intervention effect Root and shoot extracts of Amaranthus retroflexus inhibited safflower germination entirely.
- Intervention effect shoot extract of Chenopodium album inhibited safflower germination entirely.
- Intervention effect root extract of Cynodon dactylon inhibited safflower germination entirely.
- Intervention effect Other weed extracts decreased seedling dry weight by 52.5%.
- Intervention effect Other weed extracts decreased germination percentage by 80%.
- Association Weed type significantly affected safflower height, root and shoot dry weight.
- Association Weed type significantly affected safflower leaf area and biomass.
- Association Weed parts significantly affected the measured safflower attributes.
- Association Weed type by part interaction significantly affected safflower root dry weight, leaf area and biomass.
- Intervention effect Chenopodium album produced the greatest decrease in safflower root and shoot dry weight and root length.
- Intervention effect Chenopodium album produced the greatest decrease in safflower biomass.
- Intervention effect Amaranthus retroflexus greatly reduced safflower height and leaf area.
- Intervention effect Weed extracts significantly decreased safflower plant height by 19.07% versus control.
- Intervention effect Weed extracts significantly decreased safflower root dry weight by 92.5% versus control.
- Observation Weeds reduced safflower crop establishment.