02244naa a2200325 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200340006010000160009424501530011026000090026330000230027252012930029565000160158865000120160465000130161665300170162965300210164665300160166765300310168365300170171465300240173165300290175565300200178465300150180465300100181965300200182970000170184977300520186610538632019-09-23 2015 bl uuuu u00u1 u #d a0971-4693 / E-ISSN: 0973-50461 aBELGERI, A. aAllelopathic potential of invasive parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) seedlings on grassland species in Australia.h[electronic resource] c2015 c2-s2.0-84934777022 aABSTRACT. The allelopathic nature of adult Parthenium hysterophorus L. (parthenium weed) plants, suppressing the growth and development of its near neighbours, has been implicated in its success as an important invader around the world. This study for the first time, evaluates the allelopathic potential of parthenium weed seedlings, species using the ?plant box? method (10). Results showed a species-specific response,often with the growth of native species being more affected than introduced speciesand root growth more affected than shoot growth. The native grasses [curly windmill grass (Enteropogon acicularis L.; 59% inhibition) and cotton panic grass (Digitaria brownii L.; 54% inhibition)] were the most affected, while the introduced [Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana L.; 0% inhibition), buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris L.; 8% inhibition) and siratro (Macroptilium atropurpureum (DC.) Urb.; 9% inhibition)] were the least affected in their root growth. These results suggested that parthenium weed is capable of interfering with the growth of neighbouring seedlings even at very early stages of growth. The response found for buffel grass may partially explain why this introduced pasture grass has been found successful in suppressing the growth of parthenium weed in the field. aALELOPATÍA aMALEZAS aPASTURAS aALELOPATINAS aALELOSUBSTANCIAS aALLELOPATHY aINTERACCIÓN ENTRE PLANTAS aINTERFERENCE aLABORATORY BIOASSAY aPARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS aPASTURE SPECIES aPLÁNTULAS aPTNHY aSEEDLING GROWTH1 aADKINS, S.W. tAllelopathy Journal, 2015gv.36, no.1, p. 1-14.