The Combination of Achnatherum inebrians Extracts and Soil Microorganisms Inhibited Seed Germination and Seedling Growth in Elymus nutans
Rui Zhang, Taixiang Chen, Zhenjiang Chen, Hao Chen, Xuekai Wei, Malik Kamran, Chunjie Li
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.3, pp. 567-580, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.047485
(This article belongs to the Special Issue:
The Impact of Invasive Alien Plant Species on Plant Communities and the Ecosystem Services They Provide)
Abstract In a greenhouse experiment, the effects of soil microorganisms and extracts of
Achnatherum inebrians on the seed germination and seedling growth of
Elymus nutans were studied. The results showed that both the extracts from aboveground and belowground parts of
A. inebrians significantly inhibited the germination rate, germination potential, germination index, vigor index, seedling height, root length, and fresh weight of
E. nutans, but increased malondialdehyde content, catalase, peroxidase and superoxide dismutase activity of
E. nutans seedlings (
p < 0.05). The allelopathy of aqueous extracts of the aboveground parts of
A. inebrians was stronger than that of the precipitates. Aqueous extracts of the…
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