Waseem Mushtaq1, M.B. Siddiqui1, Hesham F. Alharby2, Khalid Rehman Hakeem2,3,*
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.89, No.2, pp. 291-301, 2020, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2020.08740
Abstract Plant trichomes vary in their structure and cellular composition. Glandular trichomes contain a bulk of specific (secondary) metabolites of diverse nature. Trichomes are connected with various adaptive processes, which include
protection against herbivores and pathogens as well. Our study investigates the
allelopathic contribution of structures present on the leaf surface of Nicotiana
plumbaginifolia Viv. against seedling growth of Cicer arietinum L. The infusion
obtained after dipping Nicotiana leaves in Dichloromethane (DCM) for 10 seconds (s) was the most phytotoxic among all the infusions. The observed inhibition
in Cicer growth was not only dependent on type of infusion but also the… More >