Journal article

Publication year: 1980

Pages: 125-138

Journal: Angewandte Botanik

Volume number: 54

Issue number: 3-4

ISSN: 0066-1759

Publisher: Vereinigung für Angewandte Botanik

Abstract: 
Actions of allelopathy comprise mutual influences between plants on the basis of chemical substances efficient already in small amounts; these substances have to be formed in the plants and to excreted or liberated from them. Allelopathic influences can be either inhibiting or promoting in various aspects. The quality and quantities of these influences are highly differentiated among the various plant species, discussed by some examples and models. Allelopathic influences between higher plants can be also mediated by bacteria, fungi and other thallophytes. Examples are alterations of the behavior of nitrifying microorganisms in connection with allelopathy and their consequences in vegetational successions. The most important groups of substances important in allelopathy are reviewed. A discussion on the possibilities of their excretion and liberation in solution or in gaseous state from roots, leaves and other plant parts is connected with considerations on their absorption or transmission to associated plants.

Harvard Citation style: KNAPP, R. (1980) CHARACTERISTICS, EFFECTS, AND METHODOLOGY OF ALLELOPATHY, Journal of applied botany = Angewandte Botanik, 54(3-4), pp. 125-138

APA Citation style: KNAPP, R. (1980). CHARACTERISTICS, EFFECTS, AND METHODOLOGY OF ALLELOPATHY. Journal of applied botany = Angewandte Botanik. 54(3-4), 125-138.