Abstract
A laboratory experiment was conducted to assess the allelopathic effect of aqueous extracts of sorghum and sunflower on germinating seedlings of Phalaris minor and wheat. 10% (w/v) aqueous extracts of sorghum and sunflower were applied on the seed of Phalaris minor and wheat and the parameters like germination percent, relative germination ratio, speed of germination, mean germination time, days to 50% germination were calculated. In all the calculated parameters it was found that the aqueous extracts of both sorghum and sunflower are highly allelopathic to Phalaris minor and they have a very little effect on wheat. Both sorghum and sunflower aqueous extracts significantly reduced the germination of Phalaris minor as compared to control (distilled water), but sunflower was more allelopathic than sorghum with 85.5% of germination inhibition.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Sorghum aqueous extract significantly reduced Phalaris minor germination relative to distilled water.
- Taxon
- Phalaris minor
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Phalaris minore0 - Treatment
- sorghume0
- Outcome
- germination of Phalaris minore0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- control (distilled water)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Both sorghum and sunflower aqueous extracts significantly reduced the germination of Phalaris minor as compared to control (distilled water)”
t0“Phalaris minor and Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Sunflower aqueous extract significantly reduced Phalaris minor germination relative to distilled water.
- Taxon
- Phalaris minorPhalaris minore0
- Treatment
- sunflower aqueous extractse0
- Outcome
- germination of Phalaris minore0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- control (distilled water)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Both sorghum and sunflower aqueous extracts significantly reduced the germination of Phalaris minor as compared to control (distilled water)”
Claim · model-written summary
Sunflower extract was more allelopathic than sorghum extract, with 85.5% germination inhibition of Phalaris minor.
- Taxon
- Phalaris minorPhalaris minore1
- Treatment
- sunflowere0
- Outcome
- germination inhibitione0
- Direction
- more allelopathice0
- Value
- 85.5%e0
- Comparator
- sorghume0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“sunflower was more allelopathic than sorghum with 85.5% of germination inhibition”
e1“germination of Phalaris minor”
Claim · model-written summary
Sorghum aqueous extract had very little effect on wheat across germination parameters.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Treatment
- sorghume0
- Outcome
- very little effect on wheate0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“aqueous extracts of both sorghum and sunflower are highly allelopathic to Phalaris minor and they have a very little effect on wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Sunflower aqueous extract had very little effect on wheat across germination parameters.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- sunflowere0
- Outcome
- very little effect on wheate0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“aqueous extracts of both sorghum and sunflower are highly allelopathic to Phalaris minor and they have a very little effect on wheat”
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