5. Allelopathic effect of Sorghum bicolor powder and fresh Chenopodium album water extract on seedling growth of sunflower under the agro-climatic conditions of Tandojam, Sindh-Pakistan

  • Kamran Razzaque Kalwar, Abdul Haleem Sial, Ayaz Latif Siyal, Manthar Ali Sahito, Aneel Ahmed Korejo
  • Fateh Muhammad Baloch, Babar Sultan Mengal, Khalil Ahmed Brohi

Abstract

The study was carried out during 2013 to examine the allelopathic effect of Sorghum bicolor powder and fresh Chenopodium album water extract on seedling growth of sunflower. The experiment was conducted in a 3 replicated completely randomized design (CRD), using sunflower variety HO-1. Seven treatments were examined which included: T1= Control (untreated), T2= Fresh C. album water extract concentration 30%, T3= S. bicolor Powder water extract concentration 30%, T4= Fresh C. album+ Powder S. bicolor WEC 30+30%, T5= Fresh C. album+ S. bicolor Powder WEC 60+60%, T6= Fresh C. album water extract concentration 100% and T7= S. bicolor Powder water extract concentration 100%. The results revealed that germination of seed (%), length of shoot(cm), length of root(cm), fresh weight of shoot(g), fresh weight of root(g), dry weight of shoot(mg) and dry weight of root(mg) were significantly affected by allelopathtic effects S. biclor and C. album extracts. The seed treatment with S. bicolor powder water extract concentration (100%) resulted in the lowest germination of seed of sunflower (56.51%), length of shoot (8.82cm), length of root (1.060 cm), fresh weight of shoot (5.947 g), fresh weight of root (0.6067g), dry weight of shoot (610.00mg), and dry weight of root (95.00mg). The allelopathic effect of Fresh C. album water extract concentration (100%), ranked second, Fresh C. album+ S. bicolor Powder WEC 60+60% ranked 3rd, Fresh C. album+ Powder S. bicolor WEC 30+30% ranked 4th, S. bicolor Powder water extract concentration 30% ranked 5th, Fresh C. album water extract concentration 30% ranked 6th and control ranked 7th for all the parameters investigated. It is concluded that C. album+ Powder S. bicolor extracts could effectively be used not only to suppress the weeds in sunflower.


Keywords: Alleleopthic; Chenopodium album; Seedling growth; Sorghum bicolor; Water extract


http://dx.doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2022.110074

Published
2022-02-09
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SAHITO, ANEEL AHMED KOREJO, Kamran Razzaque Kalwar, Abdul Haleem Sial, Ayaz Latif Siyal, Manthar Ali; MENGAL, KHALIL AHMED BROHI, Fateh Muhammad Baloch, Babar Sultan. 5. Allelopathic effect of Sorghum bicolor powder and fresh Chenopodium album water extract on seedling growth of sunflower under the agro-climatic conditions of Tandojam, Sindh-Pakistan. , [S.l.], v. 11, n. 3, p. 734-743, feb. 2022. Available at: <https://thepab.org/index.php/journal/article/view/2369>. Date accessed: 27 mar. 2025.
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Vol 11 No 3: September-2022
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