Claim · model-written summary
Weed leaf extracts reduced maize shoot length by up to 40%.
- Treatment
- aqueous leaf extractse1
- Interactor
- Amaranthus retroflexus, Parthenium hysterophorus, Alternanthera philoxeroides, Cynodon dactylon, and Trichodesma indicum
Cynodon dactylon
Amaranthus retroflexus
Parthenium hysterophorus
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Trichodesma indicume1weed - Outcome
- shoote3
- Direction
- reducede3
- Value
- 40%e3
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“on maize (Zea mays L.) under field-relevant conditions”
e1“aqueous leaf extracts from five common weed species (Amaranthus retroflexus, Parthenium hysterophorus, Alternanthera philoxeroides, Cynodon dactylon, and Trichodesma indicum)”
e3“while shoot and root lengths were reduced by up to 40% and 50%, respectively”
Title
Mukul Machhindra Barwant; Tejasvi Chavan; Mojtaba Kordrostami; et al. Scientific Reports 2026. doi:10.1038/s41598-026-54476-2
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Weed leaf extracts decreased maize germination by 15-55% relative to control.
- Intervention effect Weed leaf extracts reduced maize root length by up to 50%.
- Intervention effect Chlorophyll a and b contents declined by 20-60% in highly inhibitory weed extract treatments of maize.
- Intervention effect Moderate weed extract treatments maintained maize pigment levels comparable to the control.
- Intervention effect Weed extract treatments increased malondialdehyde and electrolyte leakage by 30-120% in maize.
- Intervention effect Weed extract treatments increased antioxidant enzyme activities (SOD, CAT, POD) 1.5-2.0-fold in maize.
- Intervention effect Weed extract treatments increased proline content by up to 115% in maize.
- Intervention effect Weed extract treatments increased abscisic acid and indole-3-acetic acid levels 2-fourfold in several maize treatments.
- Observation Trichodesma 20% foliar spray, Parthenium 10% seed soaking and Alternanthera 5% rhizosphere simulation were the most effective maize treatments.