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Proving Allelopathy in Crop–Weed Interactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Stephen O. Duke
Stephen O. Duke*
Affiliation:
Natural Product Utilization Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, University, MS 38677. E-mail: Stephen.Duke@ars.usda.gov
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This article is written to provide some directions on how to determine if a plant species might influence its neighboring plants by allelopathy. There is insufficient space for detailed instructions for individual experiments, so I will provide references for different general approaches and opinions on common pitfalls of those who have worked in this research area.

Keywords

Allelochemicalallelopathybioassaycompetitioninterferencesoil effects

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Weed Biology and Ecology
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Weed Science , Volume 63 , Issue SP1: Special Issue: Research Methods in Weed Science , February 2015 , pp. 121 - 132
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