Why some Plants are Allelopathic?
Allelopathic plants release harmful chemicals to kill their competitor plants. It is a survival game. In doing so, allelopathic plants win the race to get more space and sunlight as well. Allelopathy is very common around us even more than we think. For example, the sunflower is also an allelopathic plant. After harvesting its crop, farmers need to wait for more than two weeks before going for the second crop in the same field in order to save the second crop from the allelopathic effect of the earlier crop.
Allelopathy and its Role in Agriculture
Allelopathy and its Role in Agriculture: Allelopathy is a biological phenomenon where certain plants release chemicals into the environment, affecting the growth and development of neighboring plants, either inhibiting or promoting their growth. Allelochemicals possess the capacity to either facilitate or hinder the germination and growth of plants, enabling the cultivation of crops with minimal phytotoxic residues in both water and soil.
In this article, you are going to read about Allelopathy and its Role in Agriculture, its pros, cons, etc.
Table of Content
- What is Allelopathy?
- Why some Plants are Allelopathic?
- Allelopathy in News
- Pros and Cons of Allelopathy
- Role of Allelopathy in Irrigated Agriculture
- Research on the Allelopathy in Agriculture
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