N deposition affects allelopathic potential of Amaranthus retroflexus with different distribution regions



Título del documento: N deposition affects allelopathic potential of Amaranthus retroflexus with different distribution regions
Revue: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000408985
ISSN: 0001-3765
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Jiangsu University, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu. China
Año:
Periodo: Jun
Volumen: 89
Número: 2
Paginación: 919-926
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, aplicado
Resumen en inglés This study aims to determine the allelopathic potential of Amaranthus retroflexus (Ar) with different climatic zones on seed germination and growth of A. tricolor (At) treated with a gradient N addition. Ar leaf extracts only displayed significantly allelopathic potential on the underground growth of Ar but not the aboveground growth of At. The allelopathic potential of Ar leaf extracts on root length of At were enhanced under N addition and there may be a N-concentration-dependent relationship. The effects of the extracts of Ar leaves that collected from Zhenjiang on seed germination and growth of At may be higher than that collected from Jinan especially on root length of At under medium N addition. This reason may be the contained higher concentration of secondary metabolites for the leaves of plants that growths in high latitudes compare with that growth in low latitudes. This phenomenon may also partly be attributed to the fact that Ar originated in America and/or south-eastern Asia which have higher similarity climate conditions as Zhenjiang rather than Jinan. The allelopathic potential of Ar on seed germination and growth of acceptor species may play an important role in its successful invasion especially in the distribution region with low latitudes
Disciplinas: Biología
Palabras clave: Fisiología vegetal,
Alelopatía,
Ecofisiología,
Plantas invasoras,
Nitrógeno,
Germinación,
Semillas,
Amaranthus retroflexus,
Amaranthaceae
Keyword: Biology,
Plant physiology,
Allelopathy,
Ecophysiology,
Invasive plants,
Nitrogen,
Germination,
Seeds,
Amaranthus retroflexus,
Amaranthaceae
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